Exploration on Inter-Relation of Environmental Regulation, Economic Structure, and Economic Growth: Provincial Evidence from China

The potential effect of implementing environmental regulations on economic growth has been a controversial issue for long time. Environmental may impact by reconstructing the structure. With intention exploring nature this mechanism, it is important to understand internal inter-relation three parties, requiring data from large economy experiencing transition in This paper selects panel 30 provinces China 2008–2019, constructs PVAR model, and empirically examines dynamic relationship among regulation, structure reconstruction, growth. results demonstrate that there two-way between regulation In other words, “U” shape growth, which first inhibits then promotes while strong weak promotion regulation. Economic short-term negative whereas restructuring long-term beneficial Therefore, government should reasonably set intensity optimize path deal with