The Impact of Environmental Justice Reform on Corporate Green Development: A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on Environmental Courts

The Impact of Environmental Justice Reform on Corporate Green Development: A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on Environmental Courts | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article The Impact of Environmental Justice Reform on Corporate Green Development: A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on Environmental Courts Lingqian Kong, Changjie Song, Anyu Yu, Yixiong Huang, Kai Xu This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7689010/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Accelerating corporate green transition is indispensable if China’s economy is to attain genuine sustainability. This article examines the impact of environmental justice reform (EJR) on the green development of enterprises. The results indicate that EJR has a significant promoting effect on enterprise green total factor productivity (GTFP). EJR has a more significant effect on improving GTFP for state-owned enterprises, enterprises in areas with weak environmental regulations, enterprises in areas with high river density, and enterprises in resource-based cities. EJR mainly promotes enterprise GTFP through green technology innovation effect, social supervision effect, and cost constraint effect. The impact of EJR on enterprise GTFP has spatial spillover effect. This article provides empirical evidence for improving China's environmental regulatory policies and promoting green transformation of enterprises. Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental sciences Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental social sciences Social science/Environmental studies environmental regulation environmental judicial reform green development green innovation spatial spillovers Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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