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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 356-368.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2022.1778

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A Research on Long-term Mechanism of Environmental Governance in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from the Perspective of Multiple Co-governance

Qiang Li(), Youming Tang, Zhoutao Xie   

  1. School of Economics,Anhui University of Finance and Economics,Bengbu 233030,China
  • Received:2022-08-14 Revised:2023-12-31 Online:2025-05-25 Published:2025-06-04
  • Contact: Qiang Li E-mail:liqiangthesis@126.com

Abstract:

The Yangtze River Economic Belt is characterized by a complex interweaving of economic and environmental problems, and its environmental governance mechanism is a hot topic in academia, but few studies have focused on the long-term effectiveness of environmental governance. Therefore, a theoretical framework of long-term mechanism of environmental governance is built based on the idea of “pluralistic co-rule”, starting from the single paths of motivation mechanism based on the Environmental Legislation(EL), compensation mechanism based on the Emissions Trading(ET), and supervision mechanism based on the Environmental Information Disclosure(EID), and a theoretical framework of long-term mechanism of environmental governance is constructed based on pluralistic co-rule through the combination of two-by-two policies. Based on the panel data of 108 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2003 to 2021, the effects of single and combined mechanisms of environmental governance on environmental governance are empirically tested, using the Difference-in-difference method. The results show that: (1) ELET and EID significantly reduce the level of environmental pollution in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the environmental governance effect of ET is more effective; (2) the governance effect of the two-by-two policy combinations of ELET and EID is better than that of a single policy, i.e., an organic combination of the environmental governance motivation mechanism, compensation mechanism and supervision mechanism can achieve a greater degree of environmental improvement, and the motivation and supervision mechanism combinations of EL and EID have the highest governance effectiveness of all the combinations. The conclusion still holds after a series of robustness tests. (3) All three environmental governance mechanisms achieve long-term environmental pollution control, and the governance effect of the combination of motivation and supervision mechanisms increases with the time lapse of the policy. New ideas are provided for promoting long-term ecological governance in China.

Key words: Yangtze River Economic Belt, long term mechanism, environmental legislation, emissions trading, environmental information disclosure

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