Green and Low-Carbon Efficiency Assessment of Urban Agglomeration Logistics Industry: Evidence from China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Area (2008–2020)

Bangjun Wang and Yu Tian ()
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Bangjun Wang: School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Yu Tian: School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-18

Abstract: With the advent of the post-industrial era, the rapid development of e-commerce has propelled the logistics industry to become the lifeline of the national economy, supporting the orderly flow of resource elements between cities. However, the concerning issues of excessive energy consumption and low logistics efficiency in the transportation process have come to the forefront. The introduction of China’s dual-carbon policy goals indicates that enhancing regional logistics’ green and low-carbon efficiency is key to solving the global logistic sustainability problem. Nowadays, the logistics sector’s efficiency in producing green and low-carbon emissions has been quantified using an input-output measurement index. Using data from 2008 to 2020 from the dynamic panel of the logistics sector in the urban agglomerations of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, the three-stage SBM-DEA and Malmquist index quantitative evaluation models are selected to estimate the logistic green and low-carbon development efficiency comprehensively. The analysis discovered that green and low-carbon logistics in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan agglomeration are relatively efficient overall, and the urban siphon effect of Beijing and Tianjin is noticeable. Once the impact of environmental variables and random errors is eliminated, it becomes evident that these factors tend to inflate the overall technical efficiency. Technical efficiency levels are the primary factor leading to regional logistics inefficiencies. Additionally, it is essential to note that scale efficiency positively affects urban development, leading to a rebound effect, summarizing the existing problems combined with the visualization map, and putting forward corresponding policy suggestions, which is of great practical significance.

Keywords: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration; logistic green and low carbon efficiency; SBM-DEA & Malmquist model; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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