环境财政支出与环境污染

Environmental Fiscal Expenditure and Pollution

作者针对2007年的财政支出分类改革,检验了地方政府的环境保护支出(环境财政支出)对环境质量的影响。作者通过理论模型刻画了环境质量和经济增长随环境财政支出的变化关系,发现环境财政支出份额提高到一定程度将牺牲经济发展速度,但能提高环境质量、降低环境污染。在实证分析中,使用中国各省份的环境污染排放数据,发现环境财政支出份额的提高对于环境污染排放的减少和环境质量的提高有显著的效果;在经济欠发达地区,这些效应更为显著。上述结论对于地方政府的环境保护行为和政策具有启示作用。

Based on the 2007 fiscal expenditure classification reform,this paper examines the impact of local government environmental protection expenditure(environmental fiscal expenditure)on environmental quality.It describes the relationship between environmental quality and economic growth with the change of environmental fiscal expenditure through theoretical model.To increase the share of environmental fiscal expenditure to a certain extent,it will sacrifice the speed of economic development,improve environmental quality and reduce environmental pollution.Using the latest provincial environment pollution emissions data,the empirical analysis indicates that the increase of environmental fiscal expenditure has a significant impact on improving environmental quality.In addition,in economically underdeveloped areas,the effect of this environmental protection expenditure is more significant.The above conclusions can be used as a reference for guiding local governments environmental protection behaviors and policies.