The rapid global industrialization and urbanization processes, especially in developing countries, have caused serious environmental pollution and climate warming. The industrial sector, in which high energy consumption is its main feature, is an important source of airborne pollution and...

Global temperature has gradually been warming, which has had different impacts on economic activities in various countries. How to mitigate the negative impact of global climate change on economic development has become an important issue of concern for both governments and academia. In this...

This study investigates the impact of religious traditions on enterprise rent-seeking and the mechanism of this impact. The benchmark analysis shows that the stronger the religious traditions are, the lower the rent-seeking behavior. The mechanism analysis shows that religious traditions can...

With the emergence of pollution problems and the deepening of economic globalization, the interaction between environmental policies and international trade has attracted increasing attention. This study explores the influence and mechanism of environmental regulation on the clean product...

Energy efficiency improvement is key to achieving energy conservation. Based on China's microdata from 2000 to 2010, this study systematically analyzes the impact of carbon reduction policies on energy efficiency through propensity score matching and the difference-in-differences method. The...

Government environmental attention is the premise for countries to join the agenda setting of environmental governance. Under the framework of heterogeneous firm theory, this study investigates the influence and mechanism of local government environmental attention on pollution governance in...