Environmental management systems may play an important role in environmental pollution control. Given China’s rapid economic development and increases in environmental pollution, this study attempts to study how environmental decentralization and local government competition affect China’s...

In this study, the interrelationship between income inequality, fiscal decentralization, and public health is investigated within a comprehensive research framework for the first time. Using the panel data of 23 Chinese provinces for a period between 2002 and 2012, a carefully designed...

Green development is critical for China's economic transformation. Enhancing green total factor energy efficiency (hereafterGTFEE) is vital to emission reduction and to win-win industrial development. This study uses the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces for the period 2005–2016 to...