| Title |
Does informal environmental regulation matter? Evidence on the different impacts of communities and ENGOs on heavy-polluting firms' green technology innovation |
| ID_Doc |
30764 |
| Authors |
Guo, LY; Hu, C; Fan, MJ; Mao, JH; Tian, M; Wang, ZH; Wei, YY |
| Title |
Does informal environmental regulation matter? Evidence on the different impacts of communities and ENGOs on heavy-polluting firms' green technology innovation |
| Year |
2024 |
| Published |
Journal Of Environmental Planning And Management, 67, 11 |
| DOI |
10.1080/09640568.2023.2197554 |
| Abstract |
Firms, especially heavy-polluting firms, are facing intense pressure from informal environmental regulations, which play a unique role in promoting heavy-polluting firms' green technology innovation (GTI). Communities and ENGOs are two important informal environmental regulation entities that have different influence mechanisms to stimulate heavy-polluting firms in GTI. The research results indicate that heavy-polluting firms' GTI follows an inverted U-shape as the number of communities around these firms increases, whereas it follows a positive linear correlation as the number of ENGOs increases. Interestingly, ownership types and administrative hierarchy distance positively moderate the curvilinear and linear relationships. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are more inclined to maintain their legitimacy by fulfilling communities' and ENGOs' environmental requirements than non-SOEs. A shorter administrative hierarchy distance means that firms are supervised by high-level governments. The autonomy effect of lower-level governments does not affect the vigorous enforcement of environmental policies, which also enhances these two relationships. |
| Author Keywords |
informal environmental regulation; community; ENGO; green technology innovation |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000969421300001 |
| WoS Category |
Development Studies; Regional & Urban Planning |
| Research Area |
Development Studies; Public Administration |
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