China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
School of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 30;10:996139. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.996139. eCollection 2022.
Public health crises have become one of the greatest threats to sustainable global economic development. It is therefore important to explore the impact of public health events on green economic efficiency. However, few studies have specifically examined the relationship between public health security and green economic efficiency. Based on the relevant data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2011 to 2019, this paper explores the impact of public health on green economic efficiency by establishing a four-stage SBM-DEA model to construct green economic efficiency indicators and using a panel model. A moderating effect model is established to explore the moderating effect of environmental regulation on the impact of public health on green economic efficiency. In addition, this paper examines the heterogeneity of public health impact on green economic efficiency in terms of geographic location, carbon pilot, and transportation level. It is found that, first, public health events have a significant hindering effect on green economic efficiency. Second, environmental regulation has a significant moderating effect on the impact of public health events on green economic efficiency. Third, the impact of public health events on green economic efficiency changes from hindering to facilitating as the intensity of environmental regulation increases. Fourth, the impact of public health events on green economic efficiency is heterogeneous in terms of geographic location, carbon pilot, and transportation level. The above studies have implications for how to balance economic development and environmental protection in case of a public safety event.
公共卫生危机已成为可持续全球经济发展的最大威胁之一。因此，探讨公共卫生事件对绿色经济效率的影响具有重要意义。然而，很少有研究专门研究公共卫生安全与绿色经济效率之间的关系。本文基于 2011 年至 2019 年中国 30 个省份的相关数据，通过建立四阶段 SBM-DEA 模型构建绿色经济效率指标，并采用面板模型，探讨了公共卫生对绿色经济效率的影响。建立了一个调节效应模型，以探讨环境规制对公共卫生对绿色经济效率的影响的调节作用。此外，本文还从地理位置、碳试点和交通水平等方面考察了公共卫生对绿色经济效率影响的异质性。研究结果表明：首先，公共卫生事件对绿色经济效率有显著的阻碍作用；其次，环境规制对公共卫生事件对绿色经济效率的影响具有显著的调节作用；再次，随着环境规制强度的增加，公共卫生事件对绿色经济效率的影响由阻碍变为促进；最后，公共卫生事件对绿色经济效率的影响在地理位置、碳试点和交通水平方面存在异质性。上述研究对如何在公共安全事件中平衡经济发展和环境保护具有启示意义。
