乡土情结的环境治理效应——基于官员异质性视角的实证考察

Environmental Governance Effects of Local Complex:An Empirical Study Based on the Perspective of Official Heterogeneity

环境污染是制约中国经济高质量发展的关键因素,已有研究更多关注的是规制政策效果,忽略了政策执行力的经济影响。在收集、整理地方官员特征及排污费数据的基础上,实证分析官员特征与环境治理力度之间的关联。研究发现,当省长为"本地"人时,地区排污费征收力度有加大的趋势,并且这一趋势在欠发达地区表现更为明显。考虑变量衡量误差等问题之后,相应研究结论依旧成立。由此认为,为了改善地区环境质量,中国政府在加强规制部门独立性之余,可以适度利用乡土情结等非正式制度的影响,铸就"绿水青山"中国梦。

Environmental pollution is a key factor restricting the high-quality development of China’s economy. Research has paid more attention to the effects of regulatory policies and ignored the economic impact of policy implementation. Based on the collection of local officials’ characteristics and pollutant discharge fees,this paper empirically analyzes the relationship between official characteristics and environmental governance. The study shows that when the governor is a 'local'person,the levying force of pollutant discharge fees of the region tends to be increased,and this trend is more obvious in underdeveloped areas. By taking variables error and other factors into consideration,the corresponding research conclusions are still valid. Therefore,in order to improve the environmental quality of the region,Chinese government can use the impacts of informal system appropriately while strengthening the independence of regulation departments,so as to build the Chinese dream of 'green mountains and clear waters'.