地方性环境立法与经济全要素生产率关系的研究

本文在测算2004—2017年区域层面全要素生产率指数基础上,运用双重差分法全面考察了地方政府环境立法对于全要素生产率的影响。研究发现：中国整体全要素生产率面临严峻的下滑,尤其在2009—2014生产面全要素生年间更加明显,且东中西部区域间TFP指数分布情况在空间上呈“非线性”特征。地方环境立法对地方全要素生产率具有显著的促进作用,然而过度的环境规制措施却不能显著推动经济质量的提升、实现波特效应。

RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND LOCAL TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY

Since the reform and opening up, China's economy has developed rapidly, but the economic growth in the past mainly depends on the input of factors but not the contribution of factor productivity. Meanwhile, the extensive mode of economic growth has made our country pay a heavy price of resources and environment, as a developing country, China has been based on agriculture before the reform and opening up. With the increasing prominence of environmental problems, the global demands for environmental protection is also rising. Environmental legislation gradually become an important policy means of a country, but also become a constraint force of the national economy. In this critical period of China's rapid economic growth, how to improve China's total factor productivity and the quality of economic growth, and transition to high quality development has become a crucial issue. This paper firstly studies domestic and foreign research of the government environmental legislation, green total factor productivity and the relationship between them. Secondly, the paper analysis the implementation of local environmental pollution and government environmental legislation in China, then studies the measurement method for total factor productivity. Thirdly, Based on the regional total factor productivity index from 2004 to 2017, this paper comprehensively investigates the impact of environmental policy legislation of local governments on total factor productivity by using the differential method. The results show that China's overall total factor productivity is facing a severe decline, especially during 2009-2014, and the spatial distribution of TFP index between the eastern, central and western regions is "non-linear". In addition, local environmental legislation has a significant promoting effect on local total factor productivity, while excessive environmental regulation measures cannot significantly promote the improvement of economic quality and realize the Porter effect.