Li Jia, Xu Yibo
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Changbai New Village, Yangpu District, No. 334, Jungong Road, Shanghai, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Mar;30(14):41460-41472. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-25240-0. Epub 2023 Jan 12.
China, as the world's largest energy consumer, has made the green economy a central component of its economic development strategy. However, how to effectively play the government's crucial role in promoting the development of the green economy has become the focus of research by a significant number of economic experts. This paper uses the Super-SBM model to measure the green economy development index by introducing carbon dioxide emissions and industrial "three wastes" emissions and analyzes the relationship between fiscal decentralization, green technology innovation, and the green economy from the vantage point of local government behavior. It is discovered that fiscal decentralization significantly inhibits the development of the green economy, and local green technology innovation activities in the last period will amplify this negative impact. The above findings pass the robustness test. After introducing comparative analysis of economic growth indicators that are measured by the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), the results show that only in the eastern region does fiscal decentralization both drive economic growth and do not inhibit green economy development by local government officials' political promotion motives and self-interested preferred expenditures, but overall economic promotion and green economy inhibition caused by fiscal decentralization exist simultaneously in the Yangtze River Economic Belt region, and significant heterogeneity differences exist in the rest of the regions. The findings suggest that regulating local government fiscal behavior and improving fiscal transparency are very important to promote the development of China's green economy.
中国作为全球最大的能源消费国，已将绿色经济作为其经济发展战略的核心组成部分。然而，如何有效发挥政府在推动绿色经济发展中的关键作用，已成为众多经济专家的研究焦点。本文运用超效率SBM模型，通过引入二氧化碳排放和工业“三废”排放来衡量绿色经济发展指数，并从地方政府行为的角度分析财政分权、绿色技术创新与绿色经济之间的关系。研究发现，财政分权显著抑制绿色经济发展，且上一期的地方绿色技术创新活动会放大这种负面影响。上述研究结果通过了稳健性检验。在引入随机前沿分析（SFA）测算的经济增长指标进行比较分析后，结果表明，只有在东部地区，财政分权通过地方政府官员的政治晋升动机和自利性偏好支出，既能推动经济增长又不抑制绿色经济发展，但财政分权在长江经济带地区同时存在经济促进和绿色经济抑制的情况，且在其他地区存在显著的异质性差异。研究结果表明，规范地方政府财政行为、提高财政透明度对推动中国绿色经济发展至关重要。
