Eco-efficiency as a Catalyst for Citizen Co-production: Evidence from Chinese Cities
Published in Preprint, 2025
In our study, we explored the relationship between eco-efficiency and local governments engagement in collaborative environmental governance with citizens. By analyzing provincial-level data from China and employing advanced textual analysis methods, our findings reveal that localities with higher eco-efficiency are significantly more likely to adopt co-productive responses to environmental complaints.
The SSRN version is available here.
Citation as: Ruiyu ZHANG, Lin Nie, Ce Zhao, and Xin Zhao. (2025). "Eco-efficiency as a Catalyst for Citizen Co-production: Evidence from Chinese Cities." Preprint. arXiv:2504.13290. https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13290