To promote county economic prosperity and social development, China enacted a fiscal
reform known as “province governing county”(PGC) in the early 2000s. Using the difference …

With the rapid economic growth, environmental problems have become a significant
bottleneck restricting the high-quality development of China's economy. In the fiscal …

Relieving credit restrictions can change the high-pollution producing style for agriculture,
which is critical for low-carbon development. Using the time-varying difference in difference …

In recent years, environmental issues have become controversial, and policymakers are
discovering new predictors of carbon emissions. Some economists/researchers have …

Air pollution governance is of great benefit to future generations, and its steady performance
improvement is inextricably linked to the fiscal relationships between the central and local …

With the rapid development of China's economy, the problem of environmental pollution has
become increasingly serious. Given that China's current environmental quality threatens its …

The effect of urbanization on the environment in coastal regions has been extensively
examined in previous studies, but neither the reverse effect nor the role of the marine …

Exploring fiscal reform's pollution effect draws increasing attention. Our paper brings a new
perspective, ie, the vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI) perspective, to study such issue. With the …

Improving environmental integrity is a crucial policy agenda in achieving sustainable
development goals, and reliable carbon emission measure is imperative in devising an …

This study examines the role of affiliation with the ruling Communist Party in corporate
environmental investment. Using a nationwide survey of Chinese private firms, we find that …