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The impact of digital economy on carbon total factor productivity: A spatial analysis of major urban agglomerations in China.
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Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2024 Feb; Vol. 351, pp. 119765. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 12. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Amid global climate imperatives and intensified economic competition, pivoting from China's conventional growth paradigms to innovative economic catalysts emerges as pivotal for its transformative agenda. Drawing on panel data from 141 principal urban conglomerates spanning 2011-2021, this investigation delves into the intricate nexus between the digital economy and carbon total factor productivity. Our empirical analysis unveils a U-shaped trajectory characterizing the digital economy - carbon total factor productivity interplay, accompanied by a congruent spatial spillover dynamic. While digital economy fortifies environmental governance mechanisms through amplified data and media channels, such regulatory frameworks, albeit efficacious in emission abatement, may inadvertently impede economic vitality, thus attenuating carbon total factor productivity. Progressing from digital economy's foundational phase to its comprehensive deployment, its reverberations on capital productivity manifest in a U-shaped curve, invigorating local carbon total factor productivity while potentially undermining adjacent regions. This digital economy - carbon total factor productivity interrelation is accentuated in advanced, non-resource-reliant metropolises with subdued innovation propensities. This discourse proffers nuanced policy implications for sculpting digital economy trajectories and bolstering carbon total factor productivity in a sustainable context.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest All authors disclosed no relevant relationships.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1095-8630
- Volume :
- 351
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of environmental management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38086112
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119765