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Previous researches tended to ignore the influence of environmental regulation on technical efficiency, and in this sense, the total factor productivity is easy to be overestimated. This paper establishes the translog stochastic frontier production function model, includes environmental regulation into technical inefficiency equation, calculates the total factor productivity and its composition in China (including eastern, central and western regions) from 1995 to 2015, and also makes an analytical comparison with the value not considering environmental regulation. The results show that: (1) the investment on industrial pollution control and SO2 emission intensity will significantly promote technology inefficiency, thus exerting a negative impact on economic growth; (2) environmental regulation slows down the growth rate of total factor productivity in China and all of its regions; (3) Considering the environmental regulation, technical efficiency is improved significantly and becomes the major drive behind the grow of total factor productivity, while technological progress, scale efficiency and the allocation efficiency show setback; (4) In terms of different regions, the growth rate of total factor productivity is the fastest in the east of China, and the slowest in the central region. Drives behind the growth of total factor productivity in each region are distinct.

INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ON THE GROWTH OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY—AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH BASED ON CHINA’S PROVINCIAL PANEL DATA