Effects of the Digital Economy on Carbon Emissions: Evidence from China

Zhu, Zhichuan; Liu, Bo; Zhou, Yu; Cao, Jianhong

doi:10.3390/ijerph19159450

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“…As can be seen in Figure 1, the level of the digital economy has grown significantly over time in all provinces, almost all provinces increased by more than 100% compared to 2011. Our empirical results further augment the findings of Zhu et al (2022). This is mainly due to the Chinese government's policy support for the digital economy and its strong infrastructure capacity.…”

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“…Some of the findings suggest that the digital economy has a positive effect on the improvement of environmental quality. First, the adoption of various advanced digital technologies has led to a significant increase in the production capacity of enterprises, which in turn reduces pollution emissions (Li Z. et al, 2021;Zhu et al, 2022). Secondly, the application of digital technology also improves the level of environmental regulation, broadens the channels of environmental regulation (Granell et al, 2016), and enables effective maintenance of ecological and environmental quality.…”

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Analysis of the coupling coordinated development and evolutionary trend of digital economy and ecological environment

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In order to clarify the coordinated development status between the digital economy and the ecological environment in the context of rapid development of the digital economy and frequent ecological environment problems, we constructed an evaluation system using data related to the digital economy and the ecological environment in China from 2011 to 2019. And the level of coordinated development is calculated with the help of entropy method and the Coupling Coordinated Development (CCD) model. Further, we analyzed the spatial and temporal evolutionary trends of their coordinated development levels with the kernel density analysis and the Dagum Gini coefficient decomposition. The results of the entropy method and CCD show that both the level of digital economy, the level of ecological environment and the level of coupling coordination between the two have increased. And the level of coordinated development shows regional heterogeneity, with the highest in the eastern region, followed by the central region, and the lowest in the western region. The results of the kernel density analysis show that there is heterogeneity in the development process of CCD scores over time across regions. The results of the Dagum Gini coefficient decomposition show that the overall inter-regional differences, as well as intra-regional differences, are fluctuating and decreasing. And the overall imbalance mainly comes from the differences in development levels between regions. The analysis of the above methods provides a basis for understanding the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of the coordinated development of China’s digital economy and ecological environment. And it also provides relevant policy recommendations for promoting coordinated and sustainable development among regions.

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Analysis of the coupling coordinated development and evolutionary trend of digital economy and ecological environment

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“…The internet, cloud computing, and big data are the key technologies for the development of the digital economy [ 32 ]. These key factors break through the boundaries of region and time, accelerate the flow of factors, ease the constraints of region and time on the allocation of resources and factors [ 33 ], reduce the waste of resources and energy, and thus reduce carbon emissions. Second, with the rapid development of the digital economy, the construction of new infrastructure around the country continues to improve.…”

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Has the Digital Economy Reduced Carbon Emissions?: Analysis Based on Panel Data of 278 Cities in China

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2022

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China is undergoing an urbanization process at an unprecedented scale, and low-carbon urban development is of great significance to the completion of the “dual carbon goals”. At the same time, the digital economy has become an important engine for urban development, and its role in environmental improvement has become increasingly prominent. While the digital economy is booming, can it promote the low-carbon development of cities? Based on the panel data of 278 cities in China from 2011 to 2019, this paper discusses the impact of the digital economy on carbon emissions and the long-term development trend between the digital economy and carbon emissions, the impact of differences in the development level of the digital economy on carbon emissions reduction, and the impact of green energy efficiency in the relationship between the digital economy and carbon emissions. The results show that the digital economy has a significant inhibitory effect on carbon emissions, and with the development of the digital economy, more and more cities show an absolute decoupling of the digital economy and carbon emissions and are turning to low-carbon development. The development level of the digital economy has a heterogeneous impact on carbon emissions. With the improvement of the development level of the digital economy, the effect on emission reduction is more significant. As a threshold variable, green energy efficiency affects the relationship between digital economy and carbon emissions. When green energy efficiency is low, the digital economy promotes carbon emissions, and when green energy efficiency is high, the digital economy reduces carbon emissions.

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“…The development of the digital economy is closely related to the internet and information infrastructure. This paper selects the number of mobile IPV4 addresses, the base stations of mobile phones, the lengths of optical cable lines, broadband subscriber internet ports, and the popularisation rate of mobile phones to reflect the construction level of the digital infrastructure [ 39 , 40 ].…”

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An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Digital Economy on Manufacturing Green and Low-Carbon Transformation under the Dual-Carbon Background in China

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The deep integration of digital economy and green development has become an inevitable requirement and an important aid in achieving the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and promoting high-quality economic development. At the same time, the manufacturing industry is the main sector of energy consumption and carbon emissions in China and the main force for achieving the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. This paper constructs a mathematical model to measure the scale of the digital economy development and the efficiency of the green, low-carbon transformation of the manufacturing industry. It builds a panel data model to study the effect of the development of the digital economy on the green, low-carbon transformation of the manufacturing industry based on data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2016 to 2020. The results find that (1) there is a significant positive effect of the digital economy on the green, low-carbon transformation of the manufacturing industry, with an impact coefficient of 0.477, and this finding remains significant in the robustness test. (2) A further test of the mediating effect finds that the digital economy can drive the green, low-carbon transformation of the manufacturing industry by enhancing technological innovation, and it shows a partial mediating effect that accounts for 28% of the total effect. (3) In the regional heterogeneity analysis, it is found that the effect of the digital economy in promoting manufacturing transformation is more prominent in the central region, and the impact coefficients are 0.684, 0.806, 0.340, and 0.392 for the east, central, west, and northeast regions, respectively. This study can provide a theoretical basis and policy support for governments and enterprises.

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Effects of the Digital Economy on Carbon Emissions: Evidence from China

Cited by 75 publications

References 78 publications

Analysis of the coupling coordinated development and evolutionary trend of digital economy and ecological environment

Analysis of the coupling coordinated development and evolutionary trend of digital economy and ecological environment

Has the Digital Economy Reduced Carbon Emissions?: Analysis Based on Panel Data of 278 Cities in China

An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Digital Economy on Manufacturing Green and Low-Carbon Transformation under the Dual-Carbon Background in China

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