Economic regulations of coal enterprises’ scale expansion in China

摘要

Highlights?The economic regulations factors and measure indicators on scale expansion of large-scale coal enterprise scale are proposed.?The effect of economic regulation factors of coal enterprises are tested in fixed effect model.?Market competitiveness, regional economic growth, total capital and transaction cost have positive effect on scale expansion of coal enterprises.?The effect of labor force is negative for scale expansion.?Management cost and fixed assets investment have no significant effect on coal enterprises’ scale.AbstractSince 2012, coal enterprises of China facing grim situation. Sluggish economic growth affects market demand of coal production. Environment issues, like high carbon emission and global warming problems further restraint coal consumption. After a period of high