贵州财经大学学报

贵州财经大学学报 ›› 2020 ›› Issue (03): 101-110.

• 绿色发展论坛 • 上一篇    

地方政府竞争与环境治理——环境分权的调节效应

李强, 李新华   

  1. 安徽财经大学 经济学院, 安徽 蚌埠 233030
  • 收稿日期:2019-12-01 出版日期:2020-05-15 发布日期:2020-05-14
  • 作者简介:李强(1981-),男,江西抚州人,安徽财经大学经济学院,教授,博士,硕士生导师,研究方向为经济增长;李新华(1992-),女,安徽安庆人,安徽财经大学经济学院。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社科基金后期资助项目"河长制视域下环境分权的减排效应研究"（19FJLB004）；沪苏浙皖"长三角高质量一体化发展重大问题研究"专项课题"基于环境分权的长三角环境治理长效机制研究"（AHSKC2019D02）；安徽省哲学社会科学基金项目"从‘物质’到‘精神’：我国城市发展新方位"（AHSKYG2017D118）；安徽财经大学校级重大项目"环境分权、标尺竞争与长江经济带环境治理研究"（ACKYA19001）。

Local Government Competition and Environmental Governance—the Regulation of Environmental Decentralization

LI Qiang, LI Xin-hua   

  1. School of Economics, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu 233030, China
  • Received:2019-12-01 Online:2020-05-15 Published:2020-05-14

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摘要： 地方政府在环境治理上的策略互动行为究竟是"逐顶竞争"还是"逐底竞争"？基于我国29个省（市）2002~2017年省级面板数据，实证研究了地方政府竞争对环境治理的影响效应，研究表明：（1）地方政府竞争对我国地方政府环境治理具有显著的负向影响，意味着地方政府环境治理呈现出"逐底竞争"特点。（2）引入环境分权与地方政府竞争交互项的研究表明，环境分权对地方政府竞争影响地方政府环境治理具有正向调节作用，意味着环境分权背景下地方政府环境治理的"逐底竞争"被弱化，"逐顶竞争"被加强。（3）考虑地方政府竞争和环境分权其他表征方法的稳健性检验结果进一步验证了研究结论，表明环境分权改革是实现我国绿色发展的重要措施。

关键词: 环境治理, 地方政府竞争, 环境分权

Abstract: Opinions are divided in existing researches as to whether local government should carry out "race to the top" or "race to the bottom" strategic interactions in environmental governance. The article, based on environmental decentralization, starts by explaining the impact mechanism of local government competition on environmental governance. Then, empirical study is conducted on the impact of local government competition on environmental governance. Three conclusions are drawn in the study. Firstly, competition between local governments has a significant negative impact on environmental governance, which means environmental governance of local government has the characteristics of "race to the bottom". Secondly, research on the interaction of environmental decentralization and local government competition shows that, environmental decentralization has a positive regulation on the environmental governance, which enhances the strategy of "race to the top". Thirdly, the robustness tests of local government competition and environmental decentralization reveal that reform of environmental decentralization is the key to green development in China, which further verifies the conclusion of the article.

Key words: environmental governance, local government competition, environmental decentralization

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