A two-stage eco-efficiency evaluation of China’s industrial sectors: A dynamic network data envelopment analysis (DNDEA) approach

Wang, Qunwei; Tang, Jiexin; Choi, Gyunghyun

doi:10.1016/j.psep.2021.02.005

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“…Eco-efficiency was originally proposed by German scholars Schaltegger and Sturn (1990) [22], and its core idea is to introduce the dual dimension of economy and ecology in production evaluation, emphasizing the balanced relationship between economic and ecological benefits [23,24]. According to this core idea, Eco-efficiency of arable land utilization (EALU) can be defined as the dynamic process of maximizing socio-economic outputs and minimizing ecological pollution outputs given certain production factor inputs during arable land utilization, and achieving efficient coordination between arable land use systems and ecosystems [25,26].…”

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Regional Disparities and Influencing Factors of Eco-Efficiency of Arable Land Utilization in China

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Eco-efficiency of arable land utilization (EALU) emphasizes efficient coordination between land use systems and ecosystems. It is therefore of great significance for agricultural sustainability based on the systematic assessment of EALU. This study took carbon emissions and non-point source pollution resulting from arable land utilization into the measurement system of EALU, and a super-SBM model, kernel density estimation and Tobit regression model were used to analyze regional differences and influencing factors of EALU for 31 provinces in China from 2000 to 2019. The results showed that there was an upward trend in EALU in China from 0.4393 in 2000 to 0.8929 in 2019, with an average annual growth rate of 4.01%. At the regional level, the EALU of three categories of grain functional areas generally maintains an increasing trend, with the highest average value of EALU in main grain marketing areas (MGMAs), followed by grain producing and marketing balance areas (GPMBAs) and main grain producing areas (MGPAs). There are obvious differences in EALU among provinces, and the number of provinces with high eco-efficiency has increased significantly, showing a spatial distribution pattern of “block” clustering. In terms of dynamic evolution, kernel density curves reflect the evolution of EALU in China and grain functional areas with different degrees of polarization characteristics. The results of Tobit regression show that natural conditions, financial support for agriculture, science and technology inputs, level of industrialization, agricultural mechanization, and the living standards of farmers are significant factors resulting in regional disparities of EALU. Therefore, this study proposes the implementation of differentiated arable land use/agricultural management strategies to improve the sustainable utilization of arable land.

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Regional Disparities and Influencing Factors of Eco-Efficiency of Arable Land Utilization in China

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“…Employing EWM to evaluate the comprehensive level of the system can screen important indicators to the greatest extent and objectively compress the evaluation system, but it may lead to the loss and overlap of indicators, making the evaluation results deviate from the reality and reduce the accuracy of the evaluation (Zhang et al, 2014). Comparatively, DEA, a non-parametric method holds the superiority of objectivity, convenience and universality, which is successfully employed in the field of EE evaluation (Wang et al, 2021a). It is capable to directly obtain the efficiency result of each decision-making unit (DMU) through multiple inputs and outputs (Wang et al, 2018a), and the weights of different indicators are derived on the basis of the optimal principle instead of a pre-hypothesis (Yu et al, 2019a), thus avoiding the influence of subjective preference.…”

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The Recent Ecological Efficiency Development in China: Interactive Systems of Economy, Society and Environment

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Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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Ecological efficiency (EE) provides much reference for formulating appropriate regional economic, social and environmental policies to promote sustainable development. Interactive subsystems of economy, society and environment within EE system have been considered in this paper. By innovatively integrating the merits of two advanced economic research methods (global super efficiency network data envelopment analysis (GSE-NDEA) and panel vector autoregression (PVAR) and updating the EE evaluation indicator system by following the new features of sustainable development in the recent China, this paper comprehensively evaluates EE by drawing evidence from 3 regions in China during the period of 2011–2020, and further reveals how the three subsystems within EE system interact to achieve EE enhancement. The findings show EE and its three subsystems’ trend, the major constrains of EE development, the regional discrepancies in EE progress, and the interactions among the subsystems of economy-society-environment within the EE system in different regions of China. The policy implications are proposed accordingly.

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“…Zhu et al [65] divided energy and environment efficiency analysis into two sub-stages: energy production sub-stage and energy utilization sub-stage. Wang et al [63] proposed a dynamic network DEA approach that considers the dynamic features of network DEA. This approach takes into account that capital investments in the current period are used to establish fixed assets for two stages, which can also be used in the later period, thus affecting its two-stage eco-efficiency.…”

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“…Lu et al [52] applied the dynamic DEA model to evaluate the intertemporal eco-efficiency. Wang et al [63] combined dynamic and network DEA approaches into one model to evaluate industrial eco-efficiency and assess internal ineffective sources. Window analysis is used in [50,60,66].…”

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Efficiency Evaluation of Regional Environmental Management Systems in Russia Using Data Envelopment Analysis

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The concept of eco-efficiency has recently become an issue of great importance due to the growing trend of environmental degradation, and many approaches based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) are used in the literature to evaluate the environmental performance of economic systems. However, research to date has paid little attention to the possibility of extending the DEA approach to the problem of measuring the economic feasibility of eco-efficiency improvement. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of investments focused on improving the eco-efficiency of the regional economy in Russia using the DEA approach. The various types of costs for environmental protection measures are considered as inputs and the annual decrease in specific environmental impacts of the regional economy are considered as outputs of DEA models. This is different from previous research, which generally focused on environmental efficiency only, omitting the integration of economic aspects in eco-efficiency measures. This study compares three different modifications of basic DEA models in the context of technical complexity and practical feasibility. The results show that the efficiency of regional environmental management in many Russian regions has a great potential for improvement. From a practical point of view, the Slack-Based Measure (SBM) model provides the most accurate results for policy applications. Unlike other ratings, the DEA-SBM model may stimulate an optimization of environmental protection spending and the introduction of technological and organizational eco-innovations.

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A two-stage eco-efficiency evaluation of China’s industrial sectors: A dynamic network data envelopment analysis (DNDEA) approach

Cited by 34 publications

References 47 publications

Regional Disparities and Influencing Factors of Eco-Efficiency of Arable Land Utilization in China

Regional Disparities and Influencing Factors of Eco-Efficiency of Arable Land Utilization in China

The Recent Ecological Efficiency Development in China: Interactive Systems of Economy, Society and Environment

Efficiency Evaluation of Regional Environmental Management Systems in Russia Using Data Envelopment Analysis

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