Property rights governance and urban environmental pollution
Abstract Intellectual property rights governance plays a critical role in innovation protection and fosters a stronger connection between government involvement and sustainability. This paper extends property rights governance to environmental areas and uses staggered difference-in-differences to as...
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| description | Abstract Intellectual property rights governance plays a critical role in innovation protection and fosters a stronger connection between government involvement and sustainability. This paper extends property rights governance to environmental areas and uses staggered difference-in-differences to assess its effect on urban environmental pollution, using a pilot policy named National Intellectual Property Rights Demonstration Cities (NIPRDC). Our findings indicate that NIPRDC significantly reduces environmental pollution, confirmed by a set of robust tests. Meanwhile, resource-based cities show a more prominent reduction effect, and cities with higher levels of digital infrastructure and property rights protection perform better in pollution reduction. Then, the influencing mechanisms focus on green innovation and market competition. Notably, besides its macro-effect, NIPRDC also drives an industrial green transition. This study provides valuable insights for governments to utilize the advantages of NIPRDC and adopt more effective measures to balance economy and environment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aaa3d4c5bcdd495eacd884bd006f51f52025-08-20T02:08:08ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922025-04-0112111310.1057/s41599-025-04754-7Property rights governance and urban environmental pollutionShi Chen0Jie Peng1Zicheng Zhang2School of Urban and Regional Science, Shanghai University of Finance and EconomicsSchool of Urban and Regional Science, Shanghai University of Finance and EconomicsSchool of Economics and Management, Tongji UniversityAbstract Intellectual property rights governance plays a critical role in innovation protection and fosters a stronger connection between government involvement and sustainability. This paper extends property rights governance to environmental areas and uses staggered difference-in-differences to assess its effect on urban environmental pollution, using a pilot policy named National Intellectual Property Rights Demonstration Cities (NIPRDC). Our findings indicate that NIPRDC significantly reduces environmental pollution, confirmed by a set of robust tests. Meanwhile, resource-based cities show a more prominent reduction effect, and cities with higher levels of digital infrastructure and property rights protection perform better in pollution reduction. Then, the influencing mechanisms focus on green innovation and market competition. Notably, besides its macro-effect, NIPRDC also drives an industrial green transition. This study provides valuable insights for governments to utilize the advantages of NIPRDC and adopt more effective measures to balance economy and environment.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04754-7 |
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| title | Property rights governance and urban environmental pollution |
| title_full | Property rights governance and urban environmental pollution |
| title_fullStr | Property rights governance and urban environmental pollution |
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