School of Economics and Management, Research Center of Resource and Environment Economics, Mineral Resource Strategy and Policy Research Center, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Nov;28(41):58456-58469. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-14788-4. Epub 2021 Jun 11.
Problems of ecological environment and resources have become an important factor restricting the high-quality development of China's economy. How to better integrate into the sustainable development model has become an important goal of macro-policy regulation in the transition period. Mining industry is a fundamental industry in China. Strengthening the incentive role of mining innovation is of great importance for ensuring China's energy security, reducing emissions and promoting economic growth. However, whether environmental regulation can induce technological innovation ability, that is, the existence of Porter effect, is still controversial. It is helpful to study the influence of the Porter hypothesis on mining enterprises for their sustainable development. Based on the data of listed companies in China from 2003 to 2018, and against the background of the SO emission trading pilot policy implemented in 2007, this paper studies the incentive effect of the market-incentive environmental regulation on the technological innovation ability of mineral resource enterprises, tests the existence of Porter effect, and discusses the heterogeneity. The results show that the market-incentive environmental regulation has a significant incentive effect on the innovation of mining enterprises, and there is significant Porter effect on mining enterprises. The robustness test confirms the correctness of this conclusion. At the same time, this paper also discusses the variation of the characteristics of heterogeneous enterprises, and finds that enterprises with utility model patents, no low-carbon behavior, and non-provincial cities and regions with high environmental regulation are more sensitive to the SO emission trading pilot policy. This paper verifies the incentive effect of the market-incentive environmental regulation on the innovation ability of mining enterprises, and provides a reference for the formulation of innovation incentive policies for mining enterprises in China.
生态环境和资源问题已成为制约中国经济高质量发展的重要因素。如何更好地融入可持续发展模式已成为转型期宏观政策调控的重要目标。矿业是中国的基础产业。加强矿业创新的激励作用，对于保障中国的能源安全、减少排放和促进经济增长具有重要意义。然而，环境规制是否能诱致技术创新能力，即波特效应是否存在，仍存在争议。研究波特假说对矿业企业的可持续发展的影响具有重要意义。本文基于 2003 年至 2018 年中国上市公司的数据，并在 2007 年实施的 SO 排放交易试点政策的背景下，研究了市场激励型环境规制对矿产资源企业技术创新能力的激励效应，检验了波特效应的存在，并探讨了异质性。结果表明，市场激励型环境规制对矿业企业的创新具有显著的激励作用，并且对矿业企业存在显著的波特效应。稳健性检验证实了这一结论的正确性。同时，本文还探讨了异质企业特征的变化，发现具有实用新型专利、无低碳行为且处于环境规制较高的非省会城市和地区的企业对 SO 排放交易试点政策更为敏感。本文验证了市场激励型环境规制对矿业企业创新能力的激励效应，为中国矿业企业创新激励政策的制定提供了参考。
