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Eco-efficiency as a Catalyst for Citizen Co-production: Evidence from Chinese Cities (2504.13290v1)
Published 17 Apr 2025 in econ.GN and q-fin.EC
Abstract: We examine whether higher eco-efficiency encourages local governments to co-produce environmental solutions with citizens. Using Chinese provincial data and advanced textual analysis, we find that high eco-efficiency strongly predicts more collaborative responses to environmental complaints. Causal inference suggests that crossing a threshold of eco-efficiency increases co-production probabilities by about 24 percentage points, indicating eco-efficiency's potential as a catalyst for participatory environmental governance.
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