The Impact of Smart City Construction on the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment in China

Zhao, Zhaoyang; Cai, Jian

doi:10.1155/2021/5619950

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“…Additionally, the construction of smart cities is guided by eleven secondary indicators, such as network infrastructure, databases, and public platforms. By 2014, a total of 290 cities or regions in China had sequentially launched smart city pilot projects [ 22 ].…”

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Smart city and earnings management: Evidence from China

Sun,

Chen

2024

PLoS ONE

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Smart cities improve services for businesses, among many other benefits. A comprehensive understanding and effective utilization of these advantages is crucial for promoting business development. Using panel data from Chinese listed companies (2010–2020), this study employs a multi-stage DiD model to investigate the impact of smart cities on corporate earnings management. The findings indicate that the smart city pilot policy has significantly reduced corporate earnings management. Further analysis suggests that smart cities primarily reduce earnings management by improving firms’ external information environments. Additionally, the results show that the policy impact of smart cities is more significant in regions with lower regulatory intensity or higher marketization levels, compared to regions with higher regulatory intensity or lower marketization levels. Similarly, firms in less concentrated markets or those more closely related to smart city development tend to experience greater reductions in earnings management due to smart city construction, unlike firms in more concentrated markets or those less involved. Finally, this paper offers several brief suggestions.

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Section: Research Background and Research Hypothesesmentioning

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Smart city and earnings management: Evidence from China

Sun,

Chen

2024

PLoS ONE

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“…The results showed that smart urbanization has positive effects on urban sustainability. Ye, Zhao, and Cai (2021) analyzed the effect of smart urbanization on the quality of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China using the 2006-2017 period data and Panel Data Analysis. The research results show that smart urbanization significantly improved the quality of FDI in the period and sample group used.…”

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The role of smart cities in sustainable development: empirical evidence from Türkiye

Ozarslan Dogan

2024

ECON

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PurposeThis study aims to empirically examine the effects of smart cities on sustainable development for the period 1990–2019 for Türkiye.Design/methodology/approachThe relationship between smart cities and sustainable development was analyzed with the help of the ARDL Bounds Test. In addition, the consistency of the model was tested with the FMOLS estimator. The indicators of the smart city were selected following the literature to represent smart cities, and the author created the smart city index. The study used other variables thought to impact sustainable development as secondary data.FindingsThe results show that smart cities positively and significantly impact sustainable development in Turkiye in both models during the sampling period. In addition, while real GDP, population density, and financial development variables positively affect sustainable development, population density has a negative effect on sustainable development, according to the results obtained from FMOLS estimators.Originality/valueThe first novelty of this study is the creation of the smart city index. The second novelty is that there are almost no studies on the effects of smart cities on sustainable development, especially for Türkiye.

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“…Mediating variables: The study mainly examines the transmission effect of foreign capital agglomeration from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Drawing on the research results of Ye et al (2021) [25], two mechanism variables, foreign investment scale and foreign investment quality, are selected. (1) The scale of foreign investment (FDI 1 ): It is measured by the ratio of the actual utilization of foreign investment in the current year (ten thousand yuan) to the number of investment projects by foreign enterprises (each) (see Equation 10).…”

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The Impact of Carbon Emissions Trading System on Regional Green Innovation: A Perspective of Foreign Investment Agglomeration

Zhao,

Zheng,

et al. 2024

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Climate change is a critical global concern, and China's carbon emissions trading system (ETS), which was introduced in 2011, has significantly contributed to fostering green innovation. Based on the panel data of 284 cities in China from 2006 to 2020, the study examines the impacts and mechanisms of ETS on green innovation using difference in differences method (DID), mechanism testing models, and moderating effect models, and explores the spillover effects of the policy with the help of spatial Durbin models. The study finds that overall, ETS can significantly promote green innovation, with a more significant incentive effect observed for eastern and western cities and resource cities. In terms of the mechanism of action, ETS promotes green innovation by reducing the scale of foreign investment and improving the quality of foreign investment. Additionally, government environmental attention can significantly and positively regulate the relationship between ETS and green innovation. From a spatial spillover perspective, ETS can significantly enhance green innovation in local cities, but it may also inhibit green innovation in neighboring cities. The findings of this study hold significant implications for expediting the transition towards a green economy and promoting sustainable development.

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The Impact of Smart City Construction on the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment in China

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

Smart city and earnings management: Evidence from China

Smart city and earnings management: Evidence from China

The role of smart cities in sustainable development: empirical evidence from Türkiye

The Impact of Carbon Emissions Trading System on Regional Green Innovation: A Perspective of Foreign Investment Agglomeration

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