Research Article

Research on the Nonlinear Impact of Environmental Regulation on the Efficiency of China’s Regional Green Economy: Insights from the PSTR Model

Table 2

Calculation results of regional green economy efficiency.

Region2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020Mean

EasternBeijing1.2231.2461.4571.9812.2232.3122.4142.7783.0133.2353.5673.7643.9652.552
Tianjin0.7660.7690.8020.8120.8390.8420.8490.8161.0211.1211.2421.1321.4930.962
Hebei0.3120.3540.3790.5990.7270.8330.8670.8780.8980.9090.9190.9220.9370.733
Liaoning0.3650.3660.3870.3960.4250.4560.4640.4780.4940.5490.6750.7830.8290.513
Shanghai1.1311.1561.1901.4241.5411.7651.9892.1562.3452.6572.7682.9873.5432.050
Jiangsu0.8550.8760.8870.9210.9330.9561.0171.2341.4511.6561.7681.8921.9171.259
Zhejiang0.7760.8350.8950.9230.9861.1221.3241.5641.7641.9822.2362.4762.7811.513
Fujian0.7780.7980.8360.8790.9460.9680.9971.1471.2551.3561.4591.5561.7541.133
Shandong0.7690.7830.7980.8160.8380.8920.9160.9340.9670.9811.0651.0971.1210.921
Guangdong0.9030.9270.9871.0331.1391.2321.3331.4371.4491.4781.5041.5581.6631.280
Hainan0.8130.8340.8790.8870.8980.9210.9981.1631.2681.3661.4711.4741.4791.112

CentralShanxi0.4190.4260.4370.4870.5660.6780.7480.7560.7680.7770.7890.7970.8090.651
Jilin0.5150.5360.5670.5890.6510.6830.7610.7820.8650.9671.1571.2721.4770.832
Heilongjiang0.6330.6620.6890.7310.8350.9340.9961.0381.0821.2481.3511.4551.5631.017
Anhui0.7550.7870.8380.8940.9350.9740.9891.1581.1621.1731.2451.3461.4521.054
Jiangxi0.4010.5110.5260.5310.5520.5730.5850.5990.6120.6340.6660.6870.7210.584
Henan0.5660.5780.5980.6150.6290.6490.6760.7230.7250.7280.7860.8670.9430.699
Hubei0.5060.5180.5440.5670.5780.760.580.5830.5890.5970.5990.6050.6140.588
Hunan0.7670.7780.7890.7970.8060.8130.8330.8570.8790.8930.9030.9340.9840.849

WesternNeimenggu0.3110.3050.3460.3540.3650.4010.4550.4580.4670.4760.4890.5090.5190.420
Guangxi0.4740.4780.4890.4950.4990.5090.5120.5330.5420.5560.5680.5870.5930.526
Chongqing0.5120.5490.5870.6550.7750.8330.9421.0541.3921.5431.6651.7791.9241.093
Sichuan0.5130.5160.5260.5540.5660.5780.5880.5960.5990.6120.6190.6370.6490.581
Guizhou0.3470.3480.3510.3590.3650.3670.3770.3860.3930.4250.4360.4470.4650.390
Yunnan0.5120.5150.5190.5240.5260.5380.5460.5570.5670.5720.5830.5970.6170.552
Shaanxi0.6870.6930.7030.7260.7320.7780.7920.8280.8440.8570.8790.8940.9230.795
Gansu0.2210.2180.2230.2290.2390.2440.2580.2730.2990.3130.3380.3490.3670.275
Qinghai0.3280.3320.3450.3510.3540.3640.3730.3850.3890.3940.3990.4160.4240.373
Ningxia0.2650.2710.2760.2880.2960.3070.3090.3130.3280.3340.3430.3570.3670.312
Xinjiang0.3780.3890.3940.3990.4030.4240.4250.4270.4360.4460.4580.4610.4730.424

National mean0.5930.6120.6410.6940.7390.7900.8300.8960.9621.0281.0981.1551.2460.868