Du Juntao, Sun Yuhuan
School of Statistics, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, 116025, Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Jun;28(23):29890-29899. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-12833-w. Epub 2021 Feb 11.
The impact of Chinese-style fiscal decentralization (FD) on environmental pollution has been studied. Using data from 285 prefecture-level cities across the country from 2003 to 2018. A panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model of fiscal decentralization's impact on carbon emissions under energy and environmental-biased technology progress is established. The research shows that biased technological progress determines the direction of the impact of FD on carbon emissions. In areas with low level of energy and environmental-biased technological progress, FD increases carbon emissions. FD reduces carbon emissions in areas with higher environmental technology level but increases carbon emissions in areas with higher energy-biased technology progress. This study has theoretical and practical significance for China's decentralization system, biased technological progress, and carbon peak target.
中国式财政分权（FD）对环境污染的影响已得到研究。利用2003年至2018年全国285个地级市的数据，建立了在能源和环境偏向型技术进步下财政分权对碳排放影响的面板平滑转换回归（PSTR）模型。研究表明，偏向型技术进步决定了财政分权对碳排放影响的方向。在能源和环境偏向型技术进步水平较低的地区，财政分权会增加碳排放。在环境技术水平较高的地区，财政分权会减少碳排放，但在能源偏向型技术进步较高的地区，财政分权会增加碳排放。本研究对中国的分权制度、偏向型技术进步和碳达峰目标具有理论和实践意义。
