| Title |
Energy efficiency suppression and spatial spillover effect: a quasi-natural experiment based on China's environmental protection tax law |
| ID_Doc |
32230 |
| Authors |
Su, SQ; Li, SY |
| Title |
Energy efficiency suppression and spatial spillover effect: a quasi-natural experiment based on China's environmental protection tax law |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1007/s10668-023-04146-4 |
| Abstract |
The environmental protection tax law (EPTL) is China's inaugural formally legislated market-based environmental tax regime. Whether the EPTL can improve green total factor energy efficiency (GTFEE) is of great importance for China's sustainable development. Utilizing a sample of China's 284 prefecture-level cities from 2015 to 2019 and the difference-in-differences method, this study explores the impact of China's environmental protection tax law (EPTL) on green total factor energy efficiency (GTFEE). Results show that: (1) The EPTL exerts a significant negative impact on GTFEE, a conclusion reinforced by a series of robustness checks; (2) two potential mechanisms are reduced green technology innovation and shifted industrial structure; (3) heterogeneity analysis underscores that the negative effects are more significant in eastern regions, old industrial cities, and cities under high fiscal pressure; and (4) based on the spatial difference-in-differences method, the subsequent analysis reveals a negative spatial spillover effect of the EPTL on GTFEE of neighboring cities. Derived from the above conclusions, this study provides policy recommendations for the long-term formulation of the EPTL. |
| Author Keywords |
Environmental protection tax law; Green total factor energy efficiency; Difference-in-differences method; Spatial spillover effect |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001137601800007 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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