The impact of environmental regulation on regional economic growth: A case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

• Jiajun He,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Management, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Zirui Huang,

  Roles Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Management, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Xin Fan,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation School of Management, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Hui Zhang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhangh73@hotmail.com

  Affiliation School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0835-0932

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• Rong Zhou,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation China International Engineering Consulting Corporation, Beijing, China

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• Mingwei Song

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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