The impact of environmental policy, technological progress,and market structure on environmental technology innovation

Abstract

Abstract: Maintaining rapid economic growth, reducing energy consumption, and easing environmental pressure are all dependent on technological innovation. By taking the Chinese large and medium industrial enterprises in 30 areas in Mainland China as example, the effects of environmental policy, technological progress, and market structure on environmental technology innovation are discussed through the establishment of panel models. The results show that environmental law regulation and environmental impact assessment have an insignificant effect on environmental technology innovation; the system of three concurrencies exists a positive impact, Both permission institution for discharging sewage and pollution control within a limit time institution have a negative impact, and the cumulative effects are obvious all existed. In the meantime, compared with other factors, human capital stock owns a positive effect, while R&D investment intensity owns a negative effect. It indicates that labor remains the major contribution element to Chinese large and medium industrial enterprises and the development mode is still slipshod. In addition, technology market owns a positive impact and cumulative effect on environmental technological innovation, indicating that the demand expectation of future domestic market rather than exports will promote more innovation. Namely, export trade does not promote the environmental innovation of China effectively. Finally, combined the analysis with the interpretation of empirical result, some specific recommendations are given.

Key words: environmental technology innovation, environmental policy, technological progress, market structure

CLC Number:

F204/207

Fan Qunlin, Shao Yunfei, Tang Xiaowo. The impact of environmental policy, technological progress,and market structure on environmental technology innovation[J]. Science Research Management, 2013, (6): 68-76.

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