当代经济科学2024，Vol.46Issue(2)：120-131,12.DOI:10.20069/j.cnki.DJKX.202402009
经济增长目标压力与企业污染:效应及渠道
Economic Growth Target Pressure and Corporate Pollution:Effects and Channels
摘要
Abstract
Summary China's system demonstrates a robust capacity to establish and attain national objectives,which plays a pivotal role in propelling the country's remarkable economic growth.However,in pursuing these economic goals,local governments are incentivized to prioritize investment projects with significant short-term economic returns,potentially neglecting environmental considerations.While this strategy may facilitate rapid economic expansion,leveraging environmental regulations as bargaining chips in economic competition risks deteriorating environmental governance standards.Consequently,the relentless pursuit of economic growth targets could yield adverse outcomes such as environmental degradation,undermining the long-term sustainability of regional economies.As pivotal actors in the market economy,enterprises are profoundly influenced by governmental economic policies.Thus,analyzing the nuanced impact of local government pressure to achieve economic growth targets on corporate pollution is imperative. This paper aims to construct asystematic logical framework for examining how local government pressure to achieve economic growth targets influences corporate pollutant discharge behavior.This paper is based on the combined data set of Chinese industrial enterprise data and Chinese manufacturing enterprise pollution emission monitoring data from 2000 to 2013.It not only assesses the overarching impact but also delves into heterogeneity across various corporate,industry,regional,and temporal dimensions.Furthermore,it elucidates the channels through which economic growth target pressure affects pollution behavior,encompassing scale expansion,technological stagnation,and energy structure distortion. Key findings indicate that economic growth target pressure tends to exacerbate corporate pollution,with varying degrees of impact across different types of enterprises and contextual factors.Specifically,the impact on non-state-owned enterprises,pollution-intensive enterprises,enterprises with a high degree of marketization and low environmental protection pressure in the region,and enterprises before the"Scientific Outlook on Development"and the economic downturn is relatively greater.Moreover,expanding enterprise scale,impeding technological advancement,and distorting energy usage emerge as primary channels through which economic growth target pressure influences corporate pollution behavior. This paper contributes to existing literature in three significant ways:Firstly,it constructs a systematic research framework centered on theoretical mechanisms,impact effects,and mechanism identification,shedding light on how local government economic objectives influence industrial pollution emissions.Secondly,it elucidates the heterogeneous impact of economic growth target pressure across multiple dimensions,enriching the nuanced understanding of its effects and enhancing policy implications.Thirdly,it examines the transmission mechanisms through which economic growth target pressure affects pollution emissions,laying a theoretical foundation for designing more effective corporate pollution control policies. Ultimately,this research offers fresh insights into China's pollution challenges and provides policy recommendations for advancing environmental protection efforts and fostering high-quality economic development.关键词
经济增长目标/企业污染/环境绩效/地方政府行为/企业规模/技术进步/能源结构Key words
economic growth target/corporate pollution/environmental performance/local government behavior/enterprize size/technological advances/energy-resource structure引用本文复制引用
李兰冰,赵子微..经济增长目标压力与企业污染:效应及渠道[J].当代经济科学,2024,46(2):120-131,12.基金项目
教育部哲学社会科学研究重大课题攻关项目"新时代区域协调发展战略研究"(20JZD028) （20JZD028）
国家社会科学基金重大项目"提高京津冀中心城市和城市群综合承载及资源优化配置能力研究"(20ZDA041). （20ZDA041）
