Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity of the Construction Industry in China
Journal article
Zhang, J., Pu, S., Philbin, S., Li, H., Skitmore, M. and Ballesteros-Pérez, P. (2020). Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity of the Construction Industry in China. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability. 174 (2). https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.20.00013
Authors | Zhang, J., Pu, S., Philbin, S., Li, H., Skitmore, M. and Ballesteros-Pérez, P. |
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Abstract | There are few studies analyzing whether different types of environmental regulation have differential impacts on the efficiency of the construction industry. Using 2012-2016 panel data from 30 provinces in China, the green total factor productivity (GTFP) of the construction industry is measured with a global Malmquist Luenberger productivity index based on the epsilon measure (EBM-GML) model. Thereafter, a panel Tobit regression model is proposed to explore the relationship between three types of environmental regulation and the GTFP of the construction industry. The results show that: (1) from 2012 to 2016, the GTFP of the Chinese construction industry grew slowly at an average annual rate of 0.14%; (2) both one-phase lagged command-and-control and current phase market-based environmental regulation had a positive linear relationship with GTFP. One-phase lagged voluntary environmental regulation on the other hand, had an inverted U-shaped relationship with GTFP; (3) the three types of environmental regulation can be combined to establish a suitable environmental regulation system. The findings of this study provide guidance for the sustainable development of the construction industry by combining the actions of different types of environmental regulation. |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability |
Journal citation | 174 (2) |
Publisher | Thomas Telford Ltd. |
ISSN | 1478-4629 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.20.00013 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 30 Jul 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 22 Jun 2020 |
Deposited | 30 Jul 2020 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Additional information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Cultural Economy on 20/07/202, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17530350.2020.1788624 |
Page range | 1-8 |
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