Does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in China? An attention-based view
While central environmental inspection (CEI), a sort of campaign-style enforcement, has been adopted in China to tackle environmental issues, it is unclear if the CEI has promoted industrial structure upgrading. Based on a sample of 279 cities from 2011 to 2018 in China, this study investigates the...
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| description | While central environmental inspection (CEI), a sort of campaign-style enforcement, has been adopted in China to tackle environmental issues, it is unclear if the CEI has promoted industrial structure upgrading. Based on a sample of 279 cities from 2011 to 2018 in China, this study investigates the impact of CEI on industrial structure upgrading and its intrinsic mechanism using the difference-in-differences approach (DID). The results reveal that 1) CEI significantly promoted industrial structure upgrading. 2) Local government environmental attention played a mediating role between CEI and industrial structure upgrading. 3) Heterogeneity analysis revealed that the effect of CEI on industrial structure upgrading differed significantly with regional discrepancies and the officials’ promotion motivation. Specifically, the CEI had greater effects on the eastern region and those cities whose officials have a strong promotion motivation. This study indicates that the central government should continue to promote routine inspection, special inspection, and look-back mechanism construction, thus enhancing the sustainability of the industrial structure upgrading effect. Overall, this study contributes to industrial structure upgrading theoretical research and offers useful insights into the environmental governance of emerging countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-328b0e3c267c45d58bb49ec656eb5a502022-12-22T03:55:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2022-10-011010.3389/fenvs.2022.10306531030653Does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in China? An attention-based viewBiying Wang0Chunhao Ma1Jianzu Wu2School of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaChina Railway Materials Tianjin Company Limited, Tianjin, ChinaSchool of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaWhile central environmental inspection (CEI), a sort of campaign-style enforcement, has been adopted in China to tackle environmental issues, it is unclear if the CEI has promoted industrial structure upgrading. Based on a sample of 279 cities from 2011 to 2018 in China, this study investigates the impact of CEI on industrial structure upgrading and its intrinsic mechanism using the difference-in-differences approach (DID). The results reveal that 1) CEI significantly promoted industrial structure upgrading. 2) Local government environmental attention played a mediating role between CEI and industrial structure upgrading. 3) Heterogeneity analysis revealed that the effect of CEI on industrial structure upgrading differed significantly with regional discrepancies and the officials’ promotion motivation. Specifically, the CEI had greater effects on the eastern region and those cities whose officials have a strong promotion motivation. This study indicates that the central government should continue to promote routine inspection, special inspection, and look-back mechanism construction, thus enhancing the sustainability of the industrial structure upgrading effect. Overall, this study contributes to industrial structure upgrading theoretical research and offers useful insights into the environmental governance of emerging countries.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1030653/fullindustrial structure upgradingCentral environmental inspectionenvironmental attentionofficials’ promotion motivationdifference-in-differences approach |
| spellingShingle | Biying Wang Chunhao Ma Jianzu Wu Does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in China? An attention-based view Frontiers in Environmental Science industrial structure upgrading Central environmental inspection environmental attention officials’ promotion motivation difference-in-differences approach |
| title | Does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in China? An attention-based view |
| title_full | Does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in China? An attention-based view |
| title_fullStr | Does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in China? An attention-based view |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in China? An attention-based view |
| title_short | Does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in China? An attention-based view |
| title_sort | does central environmental inspection promote the industrial structure upgrading in china an attention based view |
| topic | industrial structure upgrading Central environmental inspection environmental attention officials’ promotion motivation difference-in-differences approach |
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