简介：ThisarticleexplorestheeffectsofinvestmentuponenergyintensitybyapplyingauniquepaneldataofChina’s27provincesbetween2004and2013.Inaddition,italsoparticularlystuthesotherfactors,suchasenergyprice,economicstructure,andurbanization.Theresults,basedonfoureconometricregressionmodelresults,suggestthatingeneral,theindigenousinvestmentonresearchanddevelopmentisamorepowerfultooltodecreaseChina’senergyintensityregardlessofregiondisparity.Theforeigndirectinvestment(FDI)hasaprominentbutnotpersistenteffectonenergyintensity.However,theoutwarddirectinvestmenthasnotshownitssignificantimpactonenergyintensity.AtthelevelofanaggregateeconomyandChina’seasternregion,theresultsdemonstratethatFDIimprovesenergyefficiencysignificantly.Forthecentralandwesternprovinces,FDIdoesnotsupportthesimilarconclusion.Basedontheseanalyses,wepresentthecorrespondingregionalpoliciesforpolicymakers.

简介：ThispaperusesthegravitymodeltoexaminetheeffectofenvironmentalregulationsonporktradeflowsbetweendifferentregionswithinChina.Weapplyalinearprogrammingtooltoestimateporktradeflowsfrom2000to2008,anddiscusstheenvironmentalactsonlivestockpollutionandincomeleveltoproxyenvironmentalregulations.WeuseOLSregressionandpaneldatawithdummyvariableinthecross-sectionalGLSestimation.Ourresultsindicatethatthegapofenvironmentalregulationsbetweentradepartnershasapositiverelationshipwithporktradeflows,andthedifferenceinenvironmentalregulationschangesthetraditionalcomparativeadvantagepatterntosomeextent.ThispaperprovidesconvincingevidenceforthepollutionhaveneffectonlivestockinChina.

简介：Publicwillingnesstopay(WTP)forurbanriversrestorationwasinvestigatedinShanghai,NanjingandHangzhouinChinawithasampleof1,285.ThefactorsinfluencingpositiveWTPagainstzeroWTPareanalyzedusingabinarylogitmodel.Theresultsindicatethatincome,Huji(residentialregistration)status,householdsize,homepropertyownership,riverfrontaccess,andattitudestowardcurrentwaterqualityarestatisticallysignificantinthelikelihoodofpositiveWTP.ItisalsofoundthatrespondentswithoutlocalHujiarelesswillingnesstopaypositivelyinpooledsampleandShanghaisample.InthegroupholdingpropertyrightofhousebutwithoutlocalHujiislesswillingnesstopaypositivelyinHangzhou.RespondentsinNanjingaremorewillingnesstopaypositivelythanthoseinHangzhou.Mostcommonargumentsagainsttopayfortherestorationare"government’sduty","lowincome","non-local-Huji"and"lackoftrustinthegovernmentinhowitspendsmoney".TheresultsaregenerallyconsistentwiththehypothesisandspecificsituationsinChina.Thefindingsmakesomecontributionstothenon-marketvaluationstudiesaswellasprovideusefulinformationforpublicpolicymakinginChina.

简介：Thereisgrowinginterestinthecorrelationbetweenworkingtimeandenvironmentalpressures,butpriorempiricalstudiesmostlyfocusedonstaticmethodologies.Thisarticleuseddynamicpanelregressionapproachestoexamineandcomparetherelationshipamongwestern,southern,andnorthernEuropeancountriesovertheperiod1970-2010,andprovedtheexistenceofstronglysignificantrelationshipsinallmodels.Furthermore,thisarticledetectedtherelationshipbetweenworkinghoursandenvironmentalindicators(carbonemissionandenergyuse)atdifferentphases.Wecontributetoafurtherunderstandingoftheenvironmentaleffectsoftheworkingtimereductionpolicybycomparingthedifferencesamongvariousperiodsandcountrygroupsinasystemgeneralizedmethodofmoments(GMM)dynamicframework.