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JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
卷 42, 期 1, 页码 118-142出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2013.07.007
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Pollution; Local protection; Law enforcement; FDI
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Using a large, unique, firm-level dataset from the Chinese manufacturing sector, we study important factors that are related to emission intensity for three pollutants in China - sulfur dioxide, wastewater, and soot. Our main findings are as follows: (1) compared to stateowned enterprises (SOEs), both foreign-owned firms and domestic public-listed firms exhibit less intensive pollutant emissions; (2) firms in regions with less local protection have lower pollution intensity; (3) better property rights protection is negatively correlated with pollutant discharge over and beyond the national standards; and (4) larger firms, firms in industries that export more, and firms with more educated employees pollute less. These results suggest that China should not target foreign firms more harshly in its effort to reduce industrial pollution. Better institutions in the form of more effective law enforcement and lower entry barriers across regional markets are also means of curbing China's pressing environmental problems during its current stage of economic development. Journal of Comparative Economics 42 (1) (2014) 118-142. Lingnan University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (C) 2013 Association for Comparative Economic Studies Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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