The impact of China's energy saving and emission reduction demonstration city policy on urban green technology innovation.

Urban green technology innovation (UGTI) is strongly tied to environmental regulations, which can successfully balance economic and environmental benefits. Selecting the panel data for 280 Chinese cities during 2006-2019, we take the energy saving and emission reduction (ESER) demonstration city policy as a quasi-natural experiment, then employ the difference-in-differences model to examine the effect and its mechanisms of ESER policy on UGTI. Empirical results show that the ESER policy can significantly promote UGTI, especially in the western region, the northern region, and cities with weak government environmental attention.

The Impact of Economic Growth Target Constraints on Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China.

Economic growth target (EGT) has become an essential tool for macroeconomic administration all around the world. This study examines the effect and mechanisms of EGT on environmental pollution (EP) by using economic growth target data from provincial Government Work Reports in China from 2003-2019. The conclusions denote that EGT significantly aggravates regional EP, and it still stands after robustness tests and instrumental variable (IV) estimation.

The impact of national comprehensive medical reform on residents' medical expenses: Evidence from China.

Residents' high medical expenses is the core challenge that needs to be solved urgently in China's medical reform for a long time. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in Chinese Mainland during 2011-2019, we evaluate the impact of China's national comprehensive medical reform pilot policy on residents' medical expenses by using the difference-in-differences model. The results show that the pilot policy was generally conducive to reducing residents' medical expenses, resulting in a reduction of 2.

Can anti-corruption induce green technology innovation? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of China.

Green technology innovation shoulders the dual task of green development and innovation leading. It is an inevitable choice for China to achieve the carbon peak and neutrality goal and promote high-quality economic development by effectively stimulating green innovation vitality and improving green innovation capacity. In this context, from the perspective of institutional quality, this study takes the anti-corruption campaign launched since the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party as a quasi-natural experiment, constructs an intensity difference-in-differences (DID) model, and tests the impact effect and mechanism of the anti-corruption campaign on regional green technology innovation.