Research Status and Prospects of the Environmental Regulation’ Impact on Green Innovation
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https://doi.org/10.54097/fbem.v7i2.4855Keywords:
Environmental Regulation, Green Innovation, Porter Hypothesis, Government Policy.Abstract
The high-carbon and high-pollution industrial development path has caused serious damage to the global environment. Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development put forward the concept of “sustainable development” in 1978, governments of various countries have introduced various environmental protection laws and policies to guide the green transformation of industries and strengthen green innovation. Under the leadership of the “Porter Hypothesis”, the academic circle has successively carried out various research on “the impact of environmental regulation on green innovation”. This paper sorts out the existing research on environmental regulation on green innovation, analyzes and summarizes the status and deficiencies of current research, and puts forward prospects on this basis to provide a reference for follow-up research.
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