Internet development, economic level, and port total factor productivity: an empirical study of Yangtze River ports

Song, Yanwu; Liu, Hongwei

doi:10.1080/13675567.2019.1698528

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“…The former category usually applies a single indicator as a proxy variable for the development level of ICT, while the multiple‐indicator method uses statistics or measurement methods to measure ICT development on the basis of multiple indicators. In terms of the single‐indicator method, the most traditional and commonly used ICT development measurement indicator is the scale of Internet users or of Internet penetration (Choi, 2010; Chu, 2013; Song & Liu, 2020). With the continuous development of ICT, ICT‐related statistical data have gradually become enriched, and specific indicators for measuring the development of ICT in a country or region have become increasingly abundant, including telecommunications infrastructure investments (Roller & Waverman, 2001), the number of top‐level domains (Freund & Weinhold, 2002), and Internet cables (Hjort & Poulsen, 2019).…”

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The role of information and communication technology on green total factor energy efficiency: Does environmental regulation work?

2021

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China is gradually changing its pursuit of rapid economic growth into a pursuit of economic development quality. In this context, whether "cyberpower" and "digital China" strategies are truly conducive to China's sustainable development still needs to be further tested. This paper constructs China's provincial information and communication technology (ICT) comprehensive development level index from the four dimensions of penetration, coverage, information resources, and business and then innovatively undertakes a theoretical framework integrating ICT, environmental regulations, and green total factor energy efficiency (GTFEE) for the analysis. Using panel data from China's 30 provincial administrative regions from 2006 to 2017, this study explores the direct impact, moderating effect, nonlinear relationship, and regional differences of ICT development on GTFEE. It is indicated that ICT development plays a positive role in promoting GTFEE and that this role is moderated by environmental regulations. The regression results of the dynamic threshold model indicate that diverse environmental regulation intensities lead to different influences of ICT development on GTFEE. Moreover, the impact of ICT development on GTFEE is heterogeneous among different regions. Specifically, the western region may gain more benefits from ICT development by virtue of the late-mover advantage.

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The role of information and communication technology on green total factor energy efficiency: Does environmental regulation work?

2021

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“…Taking the equipment manufacturing industry as an example, Xiao [37] believed that the development of the Internet could improve the total factor. According to the empirical analysis of the panel data of ports and cities in China's Yangtze River Economic Belt, Song and Liu [38], Li and Liu [39] all obtained the impact of Internet development on total factor productivity had regional differences. Most of the existing literature mainly studied the impact of Internet development on TFP, while few studies discussed whether Internet development had a driving effect on green TFP.…”

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“…(3) Research on the influence of human capital on GTFP As one of the critical determinants of economic and social system development, human capital was a non-negligible factor in "efficiency-oriented" investment [38]. Mannasoo et al [41], Barcenilla et al [42] took the European Union as the research and concluded that human capital could significantly improve total factor productivity.…”

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How Does the Development of the Internet Affect Green Total Factor Productivity? Evidence From China

Han

Ding

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IEEE Access

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Green total factor productivity is not merely an inevitable choice to continuously increase the quality of China's economy, but also a booming demand to promote global development. With the fast development of the new generation information technology represented by world comprehensive web technology, Internet growth may well play a more crucial role in enhancing green total factor productivity in China. Based on 2009-2017 China's inter-provincial panel data, this article uses the threshold regression model and fixed-effect model to empirically investigate the influence intensity and internal mechanism of green total factor productivity in areas affected by the Internet development. We ultimately come to the following conclusions. First, there is a digital divide between the regions of China. Second, many factors such as Internet development, human capital, urbanization, energy efficiency, and external dependence all exert a positive influence on China's green total factor productivity. At the same time, government intervention is not conducive to green total factor productivity. Third, the influence of Internet growth on China's green total factor productivity is non-linear, based on the significant double threshold effect of human capital. As the level of human capital continues to exceed the threshold value, the effect of Internet expansion on the green total factor productivity of China has undergone a structural change. The result has changed from a weak negative influence to a positive one, and the significance is increasing. To advance the smart, green, and coordinated development among regions, it is necessary to bring "Internet +" into full play in promoting China's green total factor productivity, strengthen the deep integration of Internet development and industrial development, and improve the level of clean production utilizing network information.

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“…The number of berths and the length of piers are often used as infrastructure variables to measure the production and operation capacity of ports and reflect inputs (Song & Liu, 2020). Unlike other studies, this paper focuses on the Yangtze River Delta port cluster, which is more detailed in port selection, covering some small-scale ports.…”

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Research on the Carbon Emission Reduction Potential of the Ports in the Yangtze River Delta of China

Wang,

Li,

Chiu

et al. 2023

Sage Open

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Green port construction has a profound impact on China’s international climate commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050. To examine the carbon emission reduction potential of 20 major ports in the Yangtze River Delta port cluster of China, this study takes the perspective of environmental efficiency and employs dynamic exogenous variable DEA in efficiency evaluation. The results show the increasing environmental efficiency of the ports in the Yangtze River Delta, rising from 0.5116 in 2013 to 0.7276 in 2019. Also, there are significant spatial differences in efficiency. After considering exogenous variable, the average efficiency has increased from 0.5537 to 0.6276, indicating that regional green development is a critical factor in port environmental efficiency evaluation. Finally, the overall efficiency of input and output have risen, the slackness of carbon emission shows a trend of decreasing, and there is great potential for reducing carbon emissions from the perspective of port environmental efficiency. The previous studies paid less attention to dynamic efficiency, exogenous variables, and carbon emission. Therefore, this paper is the first comprehensive examination on the carbon emission reduction potential of China’s Yangtze River Delta port cluster from the perspective of dynamic environmental efficiency.

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Internet development, economic level, and port total factor productivity: an empirical study of Yangtze River ports

Cited by 32 publications

References 42 publications

The role of information and communication technology on green total factor energy efficiency: Does environmental regulation work?

The role of information and communication technology on green total factor energy efficiency: Does environmental regulation work?

How Does the Development of the Internet Affect Green Total Factor Productivity? Evidence From China

Research on the Carbon Emission Reduction Potential of the Ports in the Yangtze River Delta of China

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