Existing studies on the innovation effect of environmental regulation lack causal
identification and do not distinguish between the types of innovation. This study regards …

Under the background of global response to climate crisis and environmental pollution,
environmental regulation plays an increasingly important role in green technology …

This paper evaluates the impact of China's Low-carbon Pilot Cities (LCPC) program on
urban innovation over the period of 2004–2016. Surprisingly, this program has lowered …

This article examines the impact of heterogeneous environmental regulations on urban
green innovation using panel data from 285 prefecture-level cities in mainland China from …

The low-carbon city pilot policy (LCPP) in China is an active response to climate change,
with cities serving as the main agents of action. Enhancing green innovation at a city-wide …

Enhancing urban innovation is the basic for promoting regional and national innovation.
With data of 103 Chinese cities from 2007 to 2016, this paper takes low-carbon pilot cities …

Stimulating innovation and encouraging green development require different policy
instruments, implying that an effective combination of these instruments is critical for …

Eco-innovation is an important driving force of high-quality economic development, which
can promote economic growth while also ensuring ecological benefits. However, the …

This study investigates the effects of environmental regulations of carbon emissions and air
pollution on green technology innovation by examining a panel data of 281 prefecture-level …

Whether environmental regulation incentivizes green technology innovations is debated in
the literature. The potential endogeneity of environmental regulation is the major empirical …