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Research on the evolutionary mechanism and optimum control of pro-environmental behavior of polluting enterprises driven by environmental policies

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  • Guodong Xu

    (Shanxi Normal University)

  • Ying Zhou

    (Shaanxi Normal University)

  • Yifan Zhou

    (Shanxi Normal University)

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Pro-environmental behavior more emphasizes the initiative and consciousness of environmental behavior, and its formation is usually based on the advanced ecological civilization and long-term behavior evolution. However, the pro-environmental behavior of most organizations or individuals has not yet formed at present, which leads to few mature samples or data available, so this paper can only rely on some simulation or prediction methods to clarify the evolutionary process of environmental behavior of polluting enterprises; furtherly, the optimal control strategy of environmental behavior will also be revealed by adjusting the existing environmental policies. And some conclusions can be obtained: (1) The evolution process of environmental behavior can be divided into three stages, that is, “primary green behavior → positive green behavior → pro-environmental behavior”, and the formation of pro-environmental behavior is a gradual process and it strongly needs the intervention of environmental policies; (2) the environmental policies usually need to be adjusted according to the internal and external conditions when necessary, and then they can play a more important role in the guidance of environmental behavior of polluting enterprises; (3) the combination of incentive policy and regulation policy can more effectively promote the behavior evolution of polluting enterprises, but their environmental effects are different; on the whole, the incentive policy has a significant positive effect on the evolution of environmental behavior of polluting enterprises, but its influence efficiency is low; by contrast, the influence efficiency of regulation policy is relative higher, but its positive influence effects is not significant.

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  • Guodong Xu & Ying Zhou & Yifan Zhou, 2024. "Research on the evolutionary mechanism and optimum control of pro-environmental behavior of polluting enterprises driven by environmental policies," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(9), pages 22085-22101, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:26:y:2024:i:9:d:10.1007_s10668-023-03161-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-03161-9
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