Research on the Impact of Cut Taxes and Administrative Fees on Green Total Factor Productivity in China

Investing in improving green total factor productivity is a fundamental way to realize the transformation and upgrading of China's green economy and sustainable development, and the positive fiscal policy of tax reduction and fee cuts plays a crucial role in the process of promoting green development. Based on the panel data of 234 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2020, this paper measures green total factor productivity and conducts regression analysis. The results show that tax cuts and fee reductions have a significant effect on green total factor productivity, and this effect is influenced by regions and low-carbon cities.

Keywords: cut taxes and administrative fees, green total factor productivity, government environmental regulation

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Ge, Hongyan and Yang, Xuan and Guo, Yixuan and Zhu, Junyi and Wang, Jian, Research on the Impact of Cut Taxes and Administrative Fees on Green Total Factor Productivity in China. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4967408 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4967408