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<p>Biodiversity loss remains one of the most daunting global challenges, yet the potential of informal institutions to bridge the implementation gap of formal regulations remains underexplored. This paper employs a two-way fixed effects model and spatial econometric models to analyze how public environmental concern (<i>PEC</i>), conceptualized as an informal regulatory, influences bird diversity using city-level data from 2011 to 2023. The results show that PEC significantly increases bird richness and generates positive spatial spillovers. The mechanism analysis suggests three critical pathways that PEC incentives bottom-up governance by mitigating air pollution, catalyzing corporate green innovation, and expanding urban green spaces. The heterogeneity analysis further indicates that the promoting effect is more significant in areas with higher human capital levels, stronger environmental regulations, and when targeting resident bird populations. By integrating institutional economics with biodiversity conservation, this study extends the environmental economics literature and provides new evidence on how bottom-up public participation can complement formal regulation in developing-country contexts.</p>

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Informal environmental regulation and urban bird biodiversity: evidence from China

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    2026年4月21日

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  • Xiaohong Huang,
  • Ziyuan Dai,
  • Zhuo Xu,
  • Jiayi Liang

摘要

Biodiversity loss remains one of the most daunting global challenges, yet the potential of informal institutions to bridge the implementation gap of formal regulations remains underexplored. This paper employs a two-way fixed effects model and spatial econometric models to analyze how public environmental concern (PEC), conceptualized as an informal regulatory, influences bird diversity using city-level data from 2011 to 2023. The results show that PEC significantly increases bird richness and generates positive spatial spillovers. The mechanism analysis suggests three critical pathways that PEC incentives bottom-up governance by mitigating air pollution, catalyzing corporate green innovation, and expanding urban green spaces. The heterogeneity analysis further indicates that the promoting effect is more significant in areas with higher human capital levels, stronger environmental regulations, and when targeting resident bird populations. By integrating institutional economics with biodiversity conservation, this study extends the environmental economics literature and provides new evidence on how bottom-up public participation can complement formal regulation in developing-country contexts.