环境规制与企业科技创新 ——低碳视角下波特假说在东部地区的检验性研究

传统观点认为,严格的环境保护政策必然会增加厂商的私人成本从而降低其竞争力,对一国的经济发展带来负面影响;而波特假说认为,严格而恰当的环保政策能够引发创新,抵消成本,使厂商在国际市场上更具竞争优势。对我国东部地区1999—2007年有关面板数据进行了实证研究,结果表明,环境规制强度和企业技术创新之间具有显著的正相关性和因果性,从而在相当程度上证实了"波特假说"。根据这一结论,以低碳经济为出发点提出消除技术进步非对称性、促进经济与环境协调发展的政策建议。

Environmental Regulation and Enterprises' Technological Innovation Test Research on Porter Hypothesis in Eastern Region from Low-carbon Angle of View

Traditional views regards that strict environmental protection policy will increase the private cost of the manufacturers and reduce their competitiveness so that a negative impact is brought to a country＇s economic development;while Porter hypothesis holds that strict and appropriate environmental protection policies can trigger innovation and offset the cost,so that the manufacturers have more competitive advantages in the international market.This paper carries out empirical researches on the relevant panel date in the eastern region of 1999-2007,and the result shows that the environmental regulation strength and the technological innovation of the enterprises show significant positive correlation and causality,which verifiesPorter Hypothesis to some extent.According to this conclusion,this paper presents relevant policy advices that eliminate the asymmetry of technological progress and promote the coordinated development of economy and environment based on low-carbon economy