Environmental Regulation, Technological Innovation, and Industrial Transformation: An Empirical Study Based on City Function in China

doi:10.3390/su132212512

	Environmental Regulation, Technological Innovation, and Industrial Transformation: An Empirical Study Based on City Function in China
	Xu, Jing 1; Chen, Dong1 ; Liu, Rongrong 2; Zhou, Maoxian1 ; Kong, Yunxiao3
	2021-11
发表期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
卷号	13 期号:22
摘要	The Chinese economy has now transitioned from rapid expansion to high-quality growth. The issue of achieving synergy between environmental conservation and economic growth has become a serious concern. Based on the panel data of 120 prefecture-level cities in China from 2008 to 2017, we used the panel threshold regression model to investigate the influences of environmental regulation (ER) and technological innovation (TI) on urban industrial transformation. Further, we examined the threshold characteristics of four types of functional cities-resource-based, industry-oriented, comprehensive regional, and other types of cities. Our results show that ER and TI have varied effects on the industrial transformation of the four categories of functional cities. Both ER and TI have significant nonlinear threshold impacts on industrial transformation in resource-based cities. The inhibitory effect of ER on industrial structure rationalization decreases as the severity of ER increases. There is a shift from the promotion to the restriction of industrial structure rationalization due to TI increase. In contrast, TI strengthens the optimization of industrial structure. The promotion effects of ER and TI on industrial structure optimization improve as the former and latter increase in comprehensive regional cities. The influence of TI on the industrial transformation of industry-oriented cities is consistent with its impact on resource-based cities. These findings provide theoretical guidance and inspiration for urban industrial transformation in response to ER and TI based on their functional roles.
关键词	environmental regulation technological innovation industrial transformation functional cities panel threshold regression
DOI	10.3390/su132212512
收录类别	SCIE ; SSCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:000724968100001
出版者	MDPI
原始文献类型	Article
EISSN	2071-1050
引用统计	被引频次：6[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.lzufe.edu.cn/handle/39EH0E1M/34556
专题	农林经济管理学院经济学院
作者单位	1.Lanzhou Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Agr & Forestry Econ & Management, Lanzhou 730020, Peoples R China; 2.Lanzhou Univ, Sch Econ, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China; 3.Lanzhou Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Lanzhou 730020, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	兰州财经大学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu, Jing,Chen, Dong,Liu, Rongrong,et al. Environmental Regulation, Technological Innovation, and Industrial Transformation: An Empirical Study Based on City Function in China[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2021,13(22).
APA	Xu, Jing,Chen, Dong,Liu, Rongrong,Zhou, Maoxian,&Kong, Yunxiao.(2021).Environmental Regulation, Technological Innovation, and Industrial Transformation: An Empirical Study Based on City Function in China.SUSTAINABILITY,13(22).
MLA	Xu, Jing,et al."Environmental Regulation, Technological Innovation, and Industrial Transformation: An Empirical Study Based on City Function in China".SUSTAINABILITY 13.22(2021).