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Empowering sustainable growth: the transformative impact of environmental protection inspections on heavy polluters

Yingbo Gu & Chang Liu

International Journal of Environment and Pollution2026https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2026.151756article
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This study finds that environmental protection inspections (EPI) significantly improve the green total factor productivity (GTFP) of China's A-share heavy polluters, primarily through modest gains in green innovation and compliance behaviour.Using panel data spanning from 2011 to 2019, this study employs the super-slacks-based measure (SBM) model and the Malmquist-Luenberger (ML) index to quantify GTFP, and applies a differencein-differences (DID) approach to examine the dynamic relationship between EPI and GTFP.The empirical results indicate that EPI exerts a statistically significant and positive effect on GTFP among heavily polluting enterprises, with green technological innovation identified as a key mediating mechanism.Furthermore, regional heterogeneity analysis reveals that the positive impacts of EPI are primarily concentrated in China's eastern and central regions, underscoring the influence of regional economic development levels on the effectiveness of environmental governance.

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@article{yingbo2026,
  title        = {{Empowering sustainable growth: the transformative impact of environmental protection inspections on heavy polluters}},
  author       = {Yingbo Gu & Chang Liu},
  journal      = {International Journal of Environment and Pollution},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2026.151756},
}

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