Does the Digital Economy Promote Upgrading the Industrial Structure of Chinese Cities?

Zhao, Songqin; Peng, Diyun; Wen, Huwei; Song, Huilin

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“…Zhang and Ma, (2022) define the digital economy as an emerging way of economic development that uses data as a key production factor, ICT technology as a means of information transfer, and the Internet as a platform for information exchange. In addition, although research on the digital economy has been increasing in popularity, most studies have focused on exploring the economic effects of the digital economy, including the impact of digital economy development on optimizing and upgrading the industrial structure (Qin et al, 2022;Zhao et al, 2022), on improving the efficiency of regional green innovation (Dai et al, 2022), and thus on promoting highquality economic development (Ding et al, 2022). Some scholars pay attention to the application of information technology in environmental governance (Ren et al, 2022a), and the impact of green investment on environmental pollution (Ren et al, 2022b).…”

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Has the development of the digital economy improved green total factor productivity in China?—A study based on data at the provincial level in China

Wang

Xue

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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China's economic development has entered a new historical stage, and it is crucial to coordinate the linkage between economic development, resource allocation and environmental protection in this new stage. In view of this, this paper selects the panel data of 30 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) in China from 2011 to 2020, and firstly measures the Green Total Factor Productivity (GTFP) by using Slack Based Measure -Malmquist Luenberger method (SBM-ML); Then, the relationship between the development of digital economy and regional GTFP is analyzed by using the two-way fixed effect model and threshold effect; Finally, relevant policy suggestions are put forward. This paper found that: firstly, the development of digital economy significantly improves China's GTFP, and the conclusion still valid after considering a series of robustness tests; Secondly, there are obvious disparities in the development level of digital economy among provinces, and the development level of coastal areas is generally higher than that of inland areas, and according to the sub-regional regression results, the positive effect of digital economy on GTFP has regional heterogeneity, and the development of digital economy in coastal areas has a more significant effect on the enhancement of GTFP, while this effect in inland areas does not pass the significance test; Thirdly, according to the threshold effect test results, there is also a single threshold effect with institutional environment and technological innovation as the threshold variables for the impact of digital economy on GTFP in China.

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Section: Digital Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Has the development of the digital economy improved green total factor productivity in China?—A study based on data at the provincial level in China

Wang

Xue

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…Studies in China and elsewhere mainly focus on the economic effects of information and communication technology (ICT). On the one hand, the digital economy promotes economic growth from the perspective of industrial structure, and research finds that the digital economy will bring industrial innovation effects, industrial integration effects, and industrial correlation effects and ultimately promote industrial restructuring, transformation, and upgrading [ 19 , 20 ]. Guan et al [ 21 ] pointed out that the digital economy can accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure by stimulating regional innovation.…”

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Impact of the Digital Economy on PM2.5: Experience from the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yellow River Basin

Zhao

Cheng

Zheng

2022

IJERPH

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The development of the digital economy holds great significance for alleviating haze pollution. To estimate the impact of the digital economy on haze pollution, this paper explores the spatiotemporal evolutionary characteristics of the digital economy and PM2.5 concentration in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin from 2011 to 2019 and conducts regression analysis by combining a fixed effect (FE) model and the spatial Durbin model (SDM). Moreover, this study divides the mitigation effect of haze pollution into a direct effect and a spatial spillover effect, and it further analyzes the mechanism from the perspectives of technological innovation and the industrial structure. The empirical results show that the development level of the digital economy increases year by year and that the concentration of PM2.5 decreases year by year. The digital economy level and PM2.5 concentration in the downstream region are higher than those in the middle region, and the digital economy is negatively correlated with haze pollution. Similarly, the spatial spillover effect of the digital economy is conducive to curbing haze pollution. The robustness test also supports this conclusion. In addition, there is regional heterogeneity in the impact of the digital economy on haze pollution. The direct effect and spatial spillover effect of the digital economy on haze pollution in the downstream region are greater than those in the middle region. This study suggests that to realize air pollution prevention and control, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of digital infrastructure and create a good digital economy development environment based on local conditions. Encouraging the development of digital technological innovation and promoting industrial digital transformation hold great significance for alleviating haze pollution.

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“…The development of this ability relies on continuous technological innovation and research and development, so there are financial thresholds as well as technical thresholds in the digital economy for

development [ 42 , 43 , 44 ]. On the other hand, the digital economy can be deeply integrated into all walks of life by upgrading and positively impacting the transformation of the industrial structure [ 45 , 46 ]. In addition, the upgrading of the industrial structure has a significant impact on the improvement of

[ 47 , 48 ].…”

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Exploring the Mechanism of the Impact of Green Finance and Digital Economy on China’s Green Total Factor Productivity

Guo

Zhang

Liu

2022

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In the context of the “double cycle,” promoting the development of a green economy is an important goal for China’s high-quality economic development in the digital age. This paper uses data from 30 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) in China during the 2006–2019 period using the Compiled Green Finance Index (GF) and Digital Economy Index (DE). The interrelationship between green finance, digital economy and green total factor productivity (GTFP) is empirically tested by conducting multiple regressions on panel data from 2006–2019 to perform an empirical analysis. Based on this, further analysis was performed with the threshold model. This study found that green finance and digital economy can contribute well to green total factor productivity, but the combination of the two does not have a good effect on green total factor productivity. Further study found that the green finance and digital economy’s contribution to green total factor productivity is mainly derived from technological progress. The regression results based on the panel threshold model show that the more underdeveloped the digital economy is in certain regions, the stronger the role of green finance in promoting efficiency improvement. Therefore, policymakers should formulate differentiated green financial policies according to the level of development of the digital economy and give play to the role of green finance and the digital economy in promoting green total factor productivity.

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Does the Digital Economy Promote Upgrading the Industrial Structure of Chinese Cities?

Cited by 61 publications

References 60 publications

Has the development of the digital economy improved green total factor productivity in China?—A study based on data at the provincial level in China

Has the development of the digital economy improved green total factor productivity in China?—A study based on data at the provincial level in China

Impact of the Digital Economy on PM2.5: Experience from the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yellow River Basin

Exploring the Mechanism of the Impact of Green Finance and Digital Economy on China’s Green Total Factor Productivity

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