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Article

The Impact of Economic Growth Target Constraints on Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China

by
Changfei Nie
1,
Wen Luo
1,
Yuan Feng
2 and
Zhi Chen
3,*
1
School of Economics and Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
2
College of City Construction, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
3
School of Economics and Trade, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan 430205, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 2831; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042831
Submission received: 16 January 2023 / Revised: 1 February 2023 / Accepted: 3 February 2023 / Published: 6 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Addressing Climate Change and the Low-Carbon Economy: Toward Sustainable Development)
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Abstract

Economic growth target (EGT) has become an essential tool for macroeconomic administration all around the world. This study examines the effect and mechanisms of EGT on environmental pollution (EP) by using economic growth target data from provincial Government Work Reports in China from 2003–2019. The conclusions denote that EGT significantly aggravates regional EP, and it still stands after robustness tests and instrumental variable (IV) estimation. The result of mediating effect shows that EGT aggravates EP mainly from three ways: investment surge, technological innovation, and resource allocation. The result of the moderating effect shows that government’s fiscal space positively adjusts the effect of EGT on EP, while environmental regulation negatively adjusts the effect of EGT on EP. The heterogeneity test reflects that the effect of EGT on EP is more significant on provinces that adopt a “hard constraint” setting method and fulfill EGT. Our study provides a reference to better balance the link between EGT and sustainable development for the government department.
Keywords: economic growth target; goal constraint; environmental pollution; sustainable development; China economic growth target; goal constraint; environmental pollution; sustainable development; China

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Nie, C.; Luo, W.; Feng, Y.; Chen, Z. The Impact of Economic Growth Target Constraints on Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 2831. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042831

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Nie C, Luo W, Feng Y, Chen Z. The Impact of Economic Growth Target Constraints on Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(4):2831. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042831

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Nie, Changfei, Wen Luo, Yuan Feng, and Zhi Chen. 2023. "The Impact of Economic Growth Target Constraints on Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 4: 2831. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042831

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Nie, C., Luo, W., Feng, Y., & Chen, Z. (2023). The Impact of Economic Growth Target Constraints on Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4), 2831. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042831

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