The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Regional Economic Growth: a Case Study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

The research period of this paper was 2014-2021 and 11 provinces (municipalities) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt were taken as the sample. Data were obtained from the China Statistical Yearbook, China Statistical Yearbook on Environment, China Environmental Yearbook, China Social Statistical Yearbook, China Population and Employment Statistical Yearbook, and the Statistical Yearbooks of 11 provinces（municipalities）. For missing data, we estimated values according to the proportion.本文的研究时段为2014年至2021年，研究样本选取长江经济带的11个省（直辖市）。数据来源于《中国统计年鉴》《中国环境统计年鉴》《中国环境年鉴》《中国社会统计年鉴》《中国人口与就业统计年鉴》以及上述11个省（直辖市）的地方统计年鉴。针对存在缺失的数据集，本研究通过比例法进行数值估算补全。