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This study integrates behavioral variables\u2014environmental cognition and risk perception, typically treated as exogenous moderators\u2014as endogenous components within a socio-technical systems framework, examining investment effects and transmission mechanisms across economic, behavioral, and spatial dimensions based on data from 31 Chinese provinces from 2010 to 2022. Findings reveal that investment significantly promotes regional economic growth, with environmental cognition exerting moderating effects and spatial spillover effects being notably significant. Transmission pathways encompass industrial upgrading, technological innovation, green finance, and cognition enhancement, with effects exhibiting pronounced regional heterogeneity. 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