The Impact of Environmental Technology and Environmental Policy Strictness on China’s Green Growth and Analysis of Development Methods

Table 4

Comparative analysis of the effects of various policies for environmental regulation.

Objective	Ranking of the effects of various policies for environmental regulation (effects arranged in a descending order)
	Best	Relatively good	General	Relatively weak
Economic growth	Subsidy to producers	Subsidy for research and development	Environmental tax	Subsidy to consumers
Economic structure	Subsidy to producers	Subsidy to consumers	Subsidy for research and development	Environmental tax
Social welfare	Subsidy to producers	Subsidy to consumers	Subsidy for research and development	Environmental tax
Environmental quality	Subsidy for research and development	Subsidy to consumers	Environmental tax	Subsidy to producers
Environmental technology	Subsidy for research and development	Subsidy to producers	Subsidy to consumers	Environmental tax