关键词: 地方政府竞争, 财政分权, 环境规制, 雾霾污染

Abstract: Based on the perspective of local government environmental regulation competition and in view of China's system of fiscal decentralization and political centralization,this paper uses Chinese 2001～2010 provincial panel data to inspect local governments‘policy choices in environmental regulation competition and the effect on haze pollution, Game analysis shows that local governments make policy choices through weighing their benefits and costs of environmental regulation.Spatial panel Durbin model regression results show that local governments will make the differentiation strategy choice in the environmental regulation competition, with the continuous adjustment of the central government's performance evaluation system. It has a certain inhibitory effect on haze pollution, affirming the positive effect of environmental regulation policies and fiscal decentralization on haze pollution.Therefore, it is imperative to improve and strengthen the diversification of performance evaluation system, clarify the division of powers between the central and local governments infinance and expenditure responsibilities, define clear relationship of responsibility and authority, set pollution reduction targets and develop regulatory assessment methods according to the local conditions.

Key words: Local Government Competition, Fiscal Decentralization, Environmental Regulation, Haze Pollution