Sustainable total-factor ecology efficiency of regions in China

Shen, Yongchang; Yue, Shujing; Pu, Zhengning; Lai, Xiaobing; Guo, Mengqi

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139241

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“…In contrast, in the Western region, the effect does not meet expectations, and the results are not significant. Cities in the West are situated in the deep inland area of China and have an unsuitable climate and inadequate transportation systems, and their socio-economic development has long lagged behind that of other areas (Shen et al, 2020). Although the Western region has abundant resources, and China implemented the strategy of "Great Western Development 9 " in 2001, it must still be further strengthened in terms of policies and industries.…”

Section: Spatial Regression Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can fiscal decentralisation regulate the impact of industrial structure on energy efficiency?

Wang

Hua

et al. 2020

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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This study applies the slack-based measure-data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA) method to measure energy efficiency and tests the spatial spill-over effects of fiscal decentralisation, industrial structure and energy efficiency using the spatial Durbin model. The results show that China's energy efficiency presents a clear geographical step distribution, and the Eastern and Western regions have higher energy efficiency than the Central region. Fiscal decentralisation has a positive effect on the energy efficiency of the Eastern and Central regions by upgrading the industrial structure. In addition, fiscal decentralisation has significant, positive externalities on the surrounding areas, promoting environmental protection and energy conservation in all regions of China. The results are in line with the tenets of environmental federalism (Oates & Schwab): through the allocation and transfer of industrial factors, fiscal decentralisation affects energy governance. Therefore, local governments should formulate policies and targets according to their regions' different economic development levels, and the Central and Western areas, which have greater space for improvement and low energy efficiency, should receive attention to balance regional differences.

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Section: Spatial Regression Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can fiscal decentralisation regulate the impact of industrial structure on energy efficiency?

Wang

Hua

et al. 2020

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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“…In addition, Chaabouni [36] studied energy-saving efficiency in the tourism industry in 31 cities across China, adopting a double bootstrap DEA modeling technique. A study by Shen et al [16] on regional ecological efficiency is investigated in China using the DEA technique. Shen et al [17] extended the literature by assessing the ecological devel-opment efficiency of the tropics and subtropics in China.…”

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“…As a measure of environmental pollution, ecological footprints give a better indicator as it captures the whole ecosystem that supports humankind's use and activities. It therefore provides a much more significant picture of environmental deterioration than a single pollutant [16,17].…”

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“…This study differs from most recent Africa's efficiency studies [12][13][14]. First, in terms of the input-output selection, this study incorporates both biological resources (ecological footprint (EF)) and the human development index (HDI) factors into the evaluation model [16,17]. Biological resources adequately replaced the energy input factor in the estimated model.…”

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“…Third, to the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to provide a comprehensive dynamic sustainable total-factor ecological efficiency (DSTFEE) assessment in Africa. The study adopts ecological footprint and HDI indexes as proposed by [16,17] to estimate ecological efficiency in Africa. The computation of the DTFEE index provides a better and more profound understanding of regional environmental efficiency in Africa.…”

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Ecological footprint (EF) and human development index (HDI) are two critical indicators for assessing sustainable development worldwide. Past studies in Africa have ignored dynamic sustainable total-factor ecological efficiency (DSTFEE) assessment. This present study proffers a novel dynamic sustainable total-factor ecological efficiency (DSTFEE) that comprehensively assesses the ecological efficiency among 44 sampled African economies from 2010 to 2016. Our study incorporates EF and HDI in the model. Second, the study evaluates regional DSTFEE heterogeneity efficiency as well as the technological gap efficiency in Africa. Further, projection analysis is done to offer a viable solution path to address the inefficient African countries. Third, the study investigates the determinants of ecological efficiency using the bootstrap truncation regression technique. The results from the implemented models are as follows: first, the DSTFEE for the 44 sampled African countries is very low (0.403), indicating enormous potential for improvement. Second, the heterogeneity of DSTFEE across the five Africa regional blocs is evident. The southern bloc had the highest efficiency score, followed by the northern, central, western, and eastern regions. The technology gap ratio also reveals a massive gap among the five Africa regional blocs. Third, the bootstrap truncation regression results established a U-shape nexus between growth and DSTFEE in Africa. REC and trade openness is positively corrected to DSTFEE for African countries. In contrast, financial development, foreign direct investment (FDI), and urbanization impede dynamic ecological efficiency in Africa. The study’s results equip African countries with adequate knowledge of their ecological efficiency situation and provide them a viable path to improve environmental efficiency, thereby boosting their ecological sustainability.

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Sustainable total-factor ecology efficiency of regions in China

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Can fiscal decentralisation regulate the impact of industrial structure on energy efficiency?

Can fiscal decentralisation regulate the impact of industrial structure on energy efficiency?

Towards Ecological Sustainability: Assessing Dynamic Total-Factor Ecology Efficiency in Africa

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