School of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Institute of Green Finance, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 6;17(13):4857. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134857.
High air pollutant emissions in China have become serious environmental issues threatening public health. While spatial heterogeneity plays an important role in environmental regulation in China, it is necessary to analyze the spatial heterogeneity influences of air pollution control policies and informal environmental regulation on air pollutant emissions in China. Based on the quantification of air pollution control policies, this paper incorporates the central government's policy formulation and local government's policy implementation into the intensity of air pollution control policy. This paper uses the panel data of China's 30 provinces to examine the spatial impact of air pollution control policy and informal environmental regulation on air pollutant emissions. The results show that (a) air pollutant emissions represented by soot and dust emission intensity has a significant positive spatial spillover effect; (b) air pollution control policy and informal environmental regulation play significant inhibitory roles in air pollutant emissions; (c) informal environmental regulation has a negative moderating effect on the negative relationship between air pollution control policy and air pollutant emissions. Other implications for environmental management have also been discussed.
中国的高空气污染物排放已成为威胁公众健康的严重环境问题。虽然空间异质性在中国的环境监管中起着重要作用，但有必要分析空气污染控制政策和非正式环境监管对中国空气污染物排放的空间异质性影响。本文基于空气污染控制政策的量化，将中央政府的政策制定和地方政府的政策实施纳入空气污染控制政策的强度中。本文利用中国 30 个省份的面板数据，考察了空气污染控制政策和非正式环境监管对空气污染物排放的空间影响。结果表明：（a）以烟尘排放强度为代表的空气污染物排放量具有显著的正向空间溢出效应；（b）空气污染控制政策和非正式环境监管对空气污染物排放具有显著的抑制作用；（c）非正式环境监管对空气污染控制政策与空气污染物排放之间的负相关关系具有负向调节作用。本文还讨论了其他对环境管理的启示。
