This study examines the impact of the National Pilot Zone for Ecological Conservation
(NPZEC) policy in China on green innovation (GI) using panel data from 282 Chinese cities …

The green place-based policy is crucial for balancing economic competitiveness and
environmental protection. However, there is scarce literature examining its impact on …

The effect of the place-based policies on sustainable development has received substantial
attention in economic research. In China, the industrial transformation and upgrading …

The double carbon goal is a wide and profound economic and social systematic change. It is
also crucial to China's sustainable development. How to promote emission reduction, the …

Air pollution is one of the serious environmental problems facing the world. This paper
systematically investigates the impact and transmission mechanism of the construction of …

Given the challenges of restricted land resources and net-zero carbon city initiatives, it is
crucial to seek a balance between intensive land use and carbon neutrality during the …

The impact of state-level development zones on company innovation behaviors—
specifically, innovation input, output, and quality—is examined in this research. This study …

The vertical environmental reform in China has led to the change of environmental
management system from territorial management model to vertical management model. This …

By exploiting the development of special economic zones (SEZs) in China as a quasi‐
natural experiment, this paper evaluates how such zones affect infant mortality. Difference …