环境规制对区域经济发展质量的差异影响--基于HDI分区的比较

The Influence of Environmental Regulation on the Quality of Regional Economic Development--A Comparison Based on HDI Partitions

环境规制主要通过技术创新、产业结构和FDI来影响经济发展质量,而且在不同地区间的表现存在明显差异。在系统考察环境规制对经济发展质量作用机制的基础上,以中国2002-2016年31个省(区、市)的面板数据为研究对象,基于HDI分区比较环境规制对区域经济发展质量的差异影响。研究结果发现:(1)不同HDI指数地区的环境规制强度对区域经济发展质量的影响并不相同。HDI较高的地区,其环境规制强度与经济发展质量也相对较高。(2)高于全国平均HDI地区的环境规制对经济发展质量有积极作用,且主要通过技术创新的补偿效应产生影响。(3)低于全国平均HDI地区的环境规制对经济发展质量有显著的消极作用,且主要通过FDI的技术溢出效应产生影响,而其污染避难所效应并不显著。可见,需要因地制宜地把握好环境规制强度来助推区域经济发展质量。

Environmental regulation mainly affects the quality of economic development through technological innovation, industrial structure and FDI, and there are obvious differences in the performance among different regions. This paper systematically investigates the mechanism of environmental regulation on the quality of economic development, and takes panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2002 to 2016 as the research object to compare the impact of environmental regulation on the quality of regional economic development based on HDI partitions. Firstly, the results show that there are differences between environmental regulation intensity and economic development quality in different HDI regions. Regions with high HDI also have relatively high environmental regulation intensity and economic development quality. Secondly, regions whose environmental regulations are higher than the national average HDI have positive effects on the quality of economic development mainly through the compensation effect of technological innovation. Thirdly, regions whose environmental regulations are lower than the national average HDI have significant negative effects on the quality of economic development mainly through FDI technology spillover effect, but their pollution shelter effects are not significant. Therefore, it is necessary to grasp the strength of environmental regulation in accordance with local conditions to promote the quality of regional economic development.