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Title Have public environmental appeals inspired green total factor productivity? empirical evidence from Baidu Environmental Search Index
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Authors Wang, LH; Liu, B; He, YD; Dong, ZQ; Wang, SX
Title Have public environmental appeals inspired green total factor productivity? empirical evidence from Baidu Environmental Search Index
Year 2023
Published Environmental Science And Pollution Research, 30, 11
DOI 10.1007/s11356-022-23993-8
Abstract Literatures focus on whether formal environmental regulatory policies can effectively stimulate green total factor productivity (GTFP), but generally ignore the role of informal institutions such as public environmental appeals. This paper uses inter-provincial panel data and Non-Radial Slacks-Based Measure (SBM) model to measure GTFP. With the Baidu Environmental Search Index presenting the public environmental appeals, the dynamic panel System Generalized Method of Moments (SYS- GMM) and Differenced Generalized Method of Moments (DIFF-GMM) methods are used to explore the effect, transmission mechanism and conditions of the public's environmental demands on green total factor productivity. The study concludes that public environmental appeals are beneficial to improve GTFP, and this result still holds after endogenous and robustness tests. The mechanism results show that the green technology innovation effect is an important mechanism for public environmental appeals to improve GTFP. In addition, public environmental appeals of different pollutants and different locations have heterogeneous effects on GTFP. In addition, the public wealth level, human capital level, and government institutional environment play an important role in the impact of public environmental appeals on GTFP.
Author Keywords Public environmental appeals; Green total factor productivity; Dynamic panel model; Green technology innovation
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000888719300009
WoS Category Environmental Sciences
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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