Examining the Promotional Effect and Mechanism of Innovative City Pilot Policy on City Brand Development

Yuan, Shu; Li, Jie; Wu, Jun

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“…Secondly, findings on the environmental effect of the NICP policy show that it can significantly improve energy productivity [22], green total factor energy efficiency [23], carbon emission efficiency [24], carbon emission intensity [25], and carbon lock-in [26,27]. Thirdly, findings on the innovation effect of the NICP policy show that it is conducive to promoting the flow of knowledge between industry, academia, and research institutions [28,29], city brand [30], green innovation efficiency [31], and green technology progress [32]. In contrast to the government's direct intervention in innovation through resource allocation, several studies suggest that the government should act as a coordinator or facilitator to promote innovation, and its policy formulation should focus on creating a favorable environment for innovation [33,34].…”

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Innovation-Driven Policy and Low-Carbon Technology Innovation: Research Driven by the Impetus of National Innovative City Pilot Policy in China

Hu,

2023

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Since 2008, China has established innovative pilot cities in batches, with green and low-carbon principles and objectives as the core of the NICP policy. Therefore, it is of great significance to accurately evaluate the driving effect of the NICP policy on low-carbon technology innovation, to expand the coverage of pilot cities in a prudent and orderly manner. The research focuses on the economic and environmental potential of the national innovative city pilot (NICP) policy. However, the relationship between the NICP policy and low-carbon technology innovation remains to be examined. This article employs a sample of 274 prefecture-level cities in China spanning the years 2003 to 2020 for research purposes, and uses a series of methods such as time-varying DID and intermediary effect models to examine the impelling impact and intricate workings of the NICP policy on low-carbon technology innovation. The study found that: (i) The NICP policy possesses the potential to impel innovation in low-carbon technology, and the impact of the policy exhibits a fluctuating yet upward trajectory over time. (ii) The NICP policy promotes low-carbon technology innovation through financial technology investment, population aggregation, and digital construction. (iii) The innovation effect of the NICP policy is significantly influenced by resource endowment and the disclosure of environmental information. The impact of the NICP policy on innovation in low-carbon technology is more pronounced in resource-based cities than non-resource-based cities, and it is particularly noteworthy in well-established resource-based cities with abundant resource endowments. The impetus generated by the NICP policy towards the innovation of low-carbon technology is notably more substantial for cities that exhibit elevated levels of environmental information disclosure. Local governments should implement active environmental information disclosure at the city level. This paper not only enriches the relevant research on low-carbon technology innovation but also provides empirical evidence for promoting the NICP policy nationwide. Additionally, it serves as a policy reference for creating innovative characteristic cities under the “dual carbon” goal.

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Innovation-Driven Policy and Low-Carbon Technology Innovation: Research Driven by the Impetus of National Innovative City Pilot Policy in China

Hu,

2023

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“…In addition, the pilot policy has had a positive impact on many other aspects of urban development, including city brand development [8], financial development [9], etc. In summary, the existing studies are generally positive about the policy effects of innovative city pilots.…”

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Do Urban Innovation Policies Reduce Carbon Emission? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities with DID

Luo

2023

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The Chinese government launched the Pilot Scheme of National Innovative Cities in 2008, and it has continued to expand the scope of the program in order to achieve more high-quality and sustainable development. This pilot scheme encourages scientific and technological innovations to solve the problems of urban development against the background of climate change by promoting the sustainable transformation and upgrading of the urban economy. This article attempts to examine whether the innovative city pilot helps improve the city’s carbon emissions. Moreover, through which mechanisms does the pilot affect the carbon emissions of Chinese cities? The authors use the Pilot Scheme of National Innovative Cities as a quasi-natural experiment and apply the difference-in-difference (DID) method to investigate the impact of innovative city pilot policy on the carbon emissions of pilot cities and the underlying mechanisms.

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“…On the other hand, some studies focus on urban planning itself, which includes five categories, namely the environmental planning system, the field of ideology and policy making, the field of planning in general, the field of implementation, and social feedback (Bonakdar & Audirac, 2020;Mohammadi Aydoghmish & Rafieian, 2022). In addition, other studies focus on analyzing the impact of city pilot promotions and policies in developing city brands (Yuan et al, 2023), where it was found that in cities that implement innovative city pilot policies, the development of city brands increases by 10% higher than cities without city pilot policies. This case encourages further studies on how city and regional branding relates to a sustainable environment, especially in Indonesia.…”

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Regional Branding as an Effort to Promote a Sustainable Environment

Munawaroh

Fajri

2023

J. Bina Praja

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Regional branding is an essential strategic way for increasing the development or progress of a region. Many studies that discuss city branding are associated with the tourism sector or others to increase regional competitiveness. Meanwhile, it is no less important to carry out regional branding, such as green branding, which focuses on global warming issues, to minimize environmental damage. So, regional branding is an increasingly important position because only the government is currently playing a role in promoting regions to create a sustainable living environment. This study aims to analyze the effect of regional branding and other factors, such as fiscal, economic, and social decentralization factors, on improving environmental quality. This study uses panel regression impact: difference in difference to explain the impact before and after branding on environmental quality. The data used was secondary panel data from 34 provinces during 2016-2021. The results showed that urban branding increased the environmental quality index after the Climate Conference 25 (COP25). Meanwhile, fiscal decentralization will likely encourage an increase in the environmental quality index. The increase in urban population and electricity consumption will likely reduce the environmental quality index. In this case, the central government needs to invite local governments and other stakeholders to collaborate and work together to improve regional branding focusing on the environment and environmental mapping qualifications.

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Examining the Promotional Effect and Mechanism of Innovative City Pilot Policy on City Brand Development

Cited by 4 publications

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Innovation-Driven Policy and Low-Carbon Technology Innovation: Research Driven by the Impetus of National Innovative City Pilot Policy in China

Innovation-Driven Policy and Low-Carbon Technology Innovation: Research Driven by the Impetus of National Innovative City Pilot Policy in China

Do Urban Innovation Policies Reduce Carbon Emission? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities with DID

Regional Branding as an Effort to Promote a Sustainable Environment

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