Did civilized city policy improve energy efficiency of resource-based cities? Prefecture-level evidence from China

Li, Bo; Han, Yukai; Wang, Chensheng; Sun, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113081

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“…Columns (4)–(5) of Table 8 show the regression of resource endowment heterogeneity; it is clear that the urban energy efficiency improvement by intermediate goods imports is very significant in both resource cities and other cities, which reflects the universality of the impact of intermediate goods imports on energy efficiency. Resource-based cities generally have high energy consumption, high carbon emission, and high pollution [ 72 ]. Usually, resource-based cities basically rise or grow as a result of the exploitation of natural resources, and resource-dependent industries account for a greater share of their industrial structure; resource-based cities are characterized by high dependence on resources, loose urban spatial structures, and simplicity of industrial structures compared to other cities [ 73 ].…”

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The Impact of Intermediate Goods Imports on Energy Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities

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Tu³

2022

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Improving energy efficiency is a critical way to solve energy shortage and environmental problems and achieve the goal of “double carbon”. As China expands imports and integrates into global value chains, can import trade improve energy efficiency? This topic is extremely important for solving current energy problems and promoting sustainable economic development. Based on panel data of prefecture-level cities in China, this paper uses the Super-SBM model to measure the total factor energy efficiency of cities and investigates the impact of intermediate goods imports on energy efficiency with fixed effects models and instrumental variable method (IV). The study finds that: (1) intermediate goods imports contribute to the increase of urban energy efficiency, and the mechanism test indicates that intermediate goods imports affect energy efficiency through the technology spillover effect and intermediate goods type diversification effect. (2) According to the heterogeneity analysis, the effect of intermediate goods imports on energy efficiency is more evident in eastern China and cities with low topographic relief, medium population scale, and high absorption capability. (3) Analysis of the spatial spillover effect with the SDM model shows that importing intermediate goods promotes energy efficiency in local cities and radiates energy efficiency improvement in neighboring cities.

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The Impact of Intermediate Goods Imports on Energy Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities

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2022

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“…(1) This article uses the data jointly prepared by the Digital Finance Research Center of Peking University and Ant Technology Group to analyze the impact mechanism of digital inclusive finance on industrial transformation on the digital finance platform for the first time. (2) This article analyzes the positive and negative indicators of digital inclusive finance on industrial transformation from both theoretical and empirical directions for the first time, and deeply analyzes the important influence of digital inclusive finance on the industrial transformation of resource-based cities. The mechanism is shown in Fig 1 . (3) This article uses residents' income and technological innovation as intermediary transmission mechanism, and conducts further grouping analysis according to residents' high income, low income, high innovation and low innovation.…”

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“…Based on theoretical analysis and empirical research, this paper puts forward the following policy recommendations: (1) Digital inclusive finance is an important influence factor in industrial transformation, the government should increase policy support for digital inclusive finance, increase government subsidies and tax rebate systems, leading to "rent-seeking behavior" of enterprises. (2) The government should intensify financial reform, increase information transparency, increase the availability and inclusiveness of digital inclusive finance, accelerate the integration of digital finance and industrial economy, and create a "wide coverage, multilevel and efficient" digital financial inclusive system to promote the improvement of the internal system of the industry. (3) According to the happiness index and development level of different regions, it is necessary to implement the targeted industrial transformation scheme.…”

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“…Resource-based cities, formed by the exploitation and processing of local natural resources such as mining and forests as the leading industries [1,2], rise with the exploitation of resources and decline with the depletion of resources [3]. According to Global Mining Industry 2019, mineral resources account for more than 80% of resources consumed by human beings, and the processing and exploitation of mineral resources are the leading industries in resource-based cities.…”

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Does digital inclusive finance promote industrial transformation? New evidence from 115 resource-based cities in China

Liu

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Industrial transformation (IT) is the inevitable course for the sustainable development of resource-based cities, while digital inclusive finance (DIF) provides essential capital elements for industrial transformation. Based on the panel data of 115 resource-based cities in China from 2011 to 2019, this paper discusses the influence mechanism of digital inclusive finance on industrial transformation from the perspectives of the optimization of industrial structure (OIS) and the rationalization of industrial structure (RIS). The empirical results show that digital inclusive finance has a positive effect on both the optimization of industrial structure and the rationalization of industrial structure. Digital inclusive finance influences industrial transformation through residents’ income and technological innovation. In addition, in the analysis of income gap and innovation gap, low-income regions have a better effect on the industrial transformation of industrial structure optimization, while high-income regions have a better effect in manufacturing upgrading, thus resulting in a more significant effect of industrial transformation on the rationalization of industrial structure. Obviously, the development of high-innovation regions has relative advantages with more channels for industrial transformation, which have significant effect of industrial transformation. Therefore, it is necessary to provide differentiated reform on the basis of unified development reform.

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“…Centering on the evaluation of the major aspects of urban politics, the economy, culture, society, and ecological civilization, the Commission for the Development of Spiritual Civilization of the CPC Central Committee led and organized the selection of national civilized cities [ 33 ]. As a practical exploration by the Chinese government to promote the construction of ecological civilization [ 43 ], the national civilized city is a comprehensive honorary title reflecting the overall civilization level of cities in China. It is not only the highest-level and most valuable city honorary title but also the most competitive and the most difficult to establish city brand.…”

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How the Establishment of the National Civilized City Promotes Urban Green Development: From the Perspective of Administrative Competing Theory—A Quasi Experiment Study in China

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Song

Rui

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Green development is the core goal for contemporary urban areas. It has become essential to explore new types of urban green development, and the concept of the “national civilized city” which is the most influential city brand in China, has emerged. Drawing upon the administrative competing theory, based on the panel data of 281 cities in China from 2000 to 2018, this paper employs a propensity scores matching (PSM) design and a difference-in-difference (DID) approach to examine the influence of the establishment of the national civilized city policy on the green development of prefecture-level cities in China. First, the result shows that the establishment of the national civilized city policy can significantly improve the urban green total factor productivity (GTFP). Second, the mediation mechanism analyses show that the establishment of national civilized city policy can promote cities to increase their investment in R&D, increase the financial investment in environmental governance, and optimize the industrial structure, which further lays a solid foundation for urban green development. Third, the heterogeneity analysis shows that the impact of civilized city construction on urban GTFP is different in terms of population and economic scales. The results show that the weight of environmental management and R&D investment should be increased in the evaluation index of the national civilized city, and the promotion of urban green development should be maximized.

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Did civilized city policy improve energy efficiency of resource-based cities? Prefecture-level evidence from China

Cited by 58 publications

References 49 publications

The Impact of Intermediate Goods Imports on Energy Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities

The Impact of Intermediate Goods Imports on Energy Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities

Does digital inclusive finance promote industrial transformation? New evidence from 115 resource-based cities in China

How the Establishment of the National Civilized City Promotes Urban Green Development: From the Perspective of Administrative Competing Theory—A Quasi Experiment Study in China

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