Recently, the academic paper "Environmental Regulation, Technical Change, and Green Innovation: Evidence from China’s Key Cities for Air Pollution Control Policy", co-authored by Professor Yu Miaojie (Fellow of the International Economic Association, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Liaoning University), Associate Professor Jiang Haiwei (Central University of Finance and Economics), Professor Pan Shiyuan (Zhejiang University), and Associate Professor Zhong Tenglong (Central University of Finance and Economics), has been officially accepted for publication in Review of Development Economics.
Abstract of the Paper
Based on the classification standards for environment-related technologies formulated by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), this paper measures the level of green innovation of Chinese enterprises during the period 1998-2007. Taking the environmental regulation policies implemented in Chinese cities as a quasi-natural experiment, the paper constructs a difference-in-differences model based on different policy intensities to systematically examine the level effect of environmental regulation on enterprises’ green innovation. The main research findings are as follows: First, after the implementation of the policy, compared with enterprises in the control group, for each one-standard-deviation increase in the intensity of environmental regulation in cities of the treatment group, the number of green patents of enterprises increases by approximately 13.9%. Second, environmental regulation promotes technological transformation of enterprises and guides them to shift from non-green innovation to green innovation. Third, for enterprises with relatively high pollutant emission intensity, the promoting effect of environmental regulation on green innovation is more significant.
Introduction to the Journal
Review of Development Economics is a well-known international academic journal focusing on the field of development economics, published quarterly by Wiley. It is committed to publishing research results with originality, theoretical depth and policy relevance in this field. The content it publishes covers key topics such as poverty alleviation, income distribution, mechanisms of economic growth, international trade and development, rural development, and public policy evaluation. It provides an important academic platform for scholars and policymakers around the world to discuss economic issues in developing countries and emerging economies, and enjoys extensive academic influence in the field of development economics research.
Brief Introduction to the Authors
Yu Miaojie, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Davis, USA. He currently serves as a Deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, a Specially-invited Supervisor of the National Commission of Supervision, a Member of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress, a Member of the Legislative Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Liaoning University.He is the first Asian Deputy Editor of the Economic Journal and a Fellow of the International Economic Association (IEA) of the United Nations. He holds titles including Changjiang Distinguished Professor (2019), First Batch of Young Changjiang Scholar (2015), Recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist, Boya Distinguished Professor of Peking University, Member of the Trade Policy Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Commerce, Director of the "China-US Research Think Tank Alliance" of the Ministry of Finance, Honorary Professor of Irkutsk State University (Russia), and International Advisory Director of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.In addition, he serves as Vice President of the China Society of World Economics, Vice President of the China Society of Quantitative Economics, Vice Chairman of the China Industrial Economics Association, Vice President of the National Association for Hong Kong and Macao Studies, Vice Chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Federation of Social Sciences, and Huang Tingfang/Shun Hing Young Distinguished Scholar. He is among the top 1% highly cited economists in the global economics and management field, and so far the only Chinese scholar to win the "Royal Economic Society Prize".He has been engaged as an expert consultant by the United Nations, the Asian Development Bank, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the Counselors' Office of the State Council and many local governments, and was specially invited to deliver a report on China's economic development at the United Nations Headquarters. He enjoys the Special Government Allowance of the State Council.Professor Yu Miaojie's research focuses on international trade and China's economic development. He has published nearly 200 papers in top-tier and first-class domestic and international journals, such as Economic Journa , Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Economic Research Journal and Management World. He has also published 27 monographs, textbooks and essay collections in Chinese, English and German.He serves as Deputy Editor of the internationally renowned academic journal Review of International Economics, Honorary Editor-in-Chief of International Trade (published by the Ministry of Commerce), Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Liaoning University and Japanese Studies, and Executive Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Chang'an University.His academic achievements have won him many awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education (three times), the Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Beijing Municipality, the Wuyuzhang Award for Humanities and Social Sciences Research, the Zhang Peigang Award for Development Economics, and the An Zijie Award for International Trade Research (five times). His representative work Processing Trade and Enterprise Productivity has won awards such as the Liu Shibai Economics Award, the Hu Sheng Young Academic Research Award, the National Trade Development Research Award, the China Young Economist Award, and the Achievement Award of Liaoning Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences.
Jiang Haiwei, Associate Professor at the School of International Economics and Trade, Central University of Finance and Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Zhejiang University and completed his postdoctoral research in Applied Economics at Peking University. His research focuses on world economy and innovation economics. He has published a number of papers in well-known domestic and international journals, such as Management World and Journal of Comparative Economics.
Pan Shiyuan, Qiushi Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Zhejiang University, Director of the Private Economy Research Center of Zhejiang University. He is a Distinguished Professor of National-level Talents appointed by the Ministry of Education, a national candidate for the "Millions of Talents Project", and enjoys the Special Government Allowance of the State Council.His main research directions include economic growth theory, innovation economics, and China's economy. He has published more than 70 papers in journals such as International Economic Review, Economic Research Journal, and Management World.He also serves as Associate Editor of China Economic Review and International Studies of Economics, President of the Zhejiang Provincial Society of Economics, and Vice President of the Zhejiang Provincial Society of Digital Economy.
Zhong Tenglong, Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Director of the Department of International Trade at the School of International Economics and Trade, Central University of Finance and Economics. He completed his postdoctoral research (Boya Postdoctoral Program) at the National School of Development, Peking University, holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Hunan University, and participated in a joint Ph.D. program at Aarhus University, Denmark.His research interests include international trade theory and policy, digital economy and trade, and industrial economy. He has published over 40 papers in key domestic and international journals, such as Energy Economics, China & World Economy, Applied Economics, Annals of Economics and Finance, Management World, The Journal of World Economy, China Industrial Economics, Economic Perspectives, Economic Science, and Journal of International Trade Issues, and has published one monograph.He has presided over a number of research projects, including the General Program of the National Social Science Fund of China, the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Special Funding and General Funding Programs of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Annual Project of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Interdisciplinary Support Project for the "Strategic Economy and Military-Civilian Integration" (a top-tier discipline of Beijing universities). In addition, he has participated as a core member in more than 10 research projects, including Major Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China, General Programs of the National Social Science Fund of China, General Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and provincial-level and local-level projects.
