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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31497/zrzyxb.20260310

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The impact of dual policy superposition of ecological protection and targeted poverty alleviation on county-level economic growth and policy recommendations

  • WANG Zheng , 1 ,
  • WANG Xiao-lin , 2
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  • 1. School of Economics and Management, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China
  • 2. Institute for Six-Sector economy, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

Received date: 2025-04-29

  Revised date: 2025-10-19

  Online published: 2026-02-05

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Abstract

The economic growth effect of regional strategic superposition deserves in-depth exploration. Using unbalanced panel data of 1859 county-level units in China from 2010 to 2022 and multi-period difference-in-differences model, this study investigated the impact of the combined ecological protection and targeted poverty alleviation policies on the county-level economic growth. The research finds that the combined policies exert a synergistic effect so as to promote the county-level economic growth, while collectively circumventing the fallacies of composition and decomposition. The superimposition of dual policies can promote county-level economic growth through two primary channels: industrial synergy and fiscal synergy. Reducing the degree of industrial agglomeration can achieve a crowding-out effect on the county-level economic growth. Counties that implemented ecological protection prior to targeted poverty alleviation exhibit a stronger economic growth effect than those implementing the policies in the reverse order. The promoting effect of the superimposition of dual policies on the economic growth of counties varies due to differences in the types of ecological function zones, ethnic minorities, deep poverty, the development level of ecological industries, and spatio-temporal dimensions of counties.Based on this, relevant policy suggestions are put forward.

Key words： ecological protection; targeted poverty alleviation; policy superposition; county-level economy; difference-in-differences

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WANG Zheng , WANG Xiao-lin . The impact of dual policy superposition of ecological protection and targeted poverty alleviation on county-level economic growth and policy recommendations[J]. JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 2026 , 41(3) : 801 -820 . DOI: 10.31497/zrzyxb.20260310

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