Regional Marketization and Corporate Wastewater Treatment Activities: From the Perspective of Government Intervention

The government affects the sewage discharge behavior of enterprises through intervention behavior, which reflects viewpoint institutional theory. However, at same time, whether regional marketization can also motivate enterprises’ treatment poses a challenge to this view. Therefore, theoretical models are established, objective data collected, and empirical studies conducted explore relationship between enterprises. results show that higher level, lower wastewater rate firm. Further research shows government’s attention local environment significantly weaken level corporate behavior. This study provides experience analysis for policy makers firms better control pollution.