Evaluating green innovation and performance of financial development: mediating concerns of environmental regulation

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 28; no. 40; pp. 57386 - 57397
• Main Authors: Hsu, Ching-Chi, Quang-Thanh, Ngo, Chien, FengSheng, Li, Li, Mohsin, Muhammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-10-2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Clean energy; Earth and Environmental Science; Econometrics; Economic development; Economic growth; Economics; Ecotoxicology; Education; Energy; Energy policy; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental policy; Environmental regulations; Environmental science; Financing; Green development; Human resources; Innovations; Loans; R&D; Renewable energy; Renewable resources; Research & development; Research Article; Sustainable development; Technological change; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; China; Environmental regulation; Green economic performance; GMM; Econometric estimation; Financial development
• ISSN: 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14499-w

This research measures the relationship between green innovation and the performance of financial development by using an econometric estimation during the year of 2000 to 2018 in 28 Chinese provinces. It is intended to explore the relative role of green technological innovation in driving green financial development in the west and central China, as well as how it influences economic growth in these regions. Ordinary least square (OLS) framework was utilized in mainland China to perform empirical studies by using an econometric estimation. This study claims that China has adopted research-based education system, while those for economic growth and expenditure in the regions while the innovation parts results shows that the  tertiary education were 12.42% and 13.53% versus the 10.50% and 10.6% in the eastern area. The research-based education increases the patents in green innovation and boosts the environmental policy. The financial development led to green technological development and innovation. Green innovation and financial development decrease the emissions, and it is apparent that as environmental regulations stimulate technical development, the superiority of human resources increases. The findings indicate that green financing reduces short-term lending, thus limiting clean energy overinvestment, while the long-term loans have little impact on renewable energy overinvestment, and the intermediary effect is unmaintainable. Meanwhile, the green financial growth will reduce renewable energy overinvestment and increase renewable energy investment productivity to certain amount.