The Impact of the Digital Economy on Urban Ecological Resilience: Empirical Evidence from China’s Comprehensive Big Data Pilot Zone Policy

Youzhi Zhang, Jingyi Wang (), Yinke Liu and Jing Zhao
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Youzhi Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China
Jingyi Wang: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China
Yinke Liu: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China
Jing Zhao: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710054, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 9, 1-27

Abstract: The present study examines the effects of China’s comprehensive big data pilot zone policy on urban ecological resilience. This is achieved through the utilization of a quasi-natural experiment, employing panel data from 217 prefecture-level cities in China spanning the years 2010 to 2021. The research revealed that China’s extensive policy on big data pilot zones has a notable and favorable influence on the ecological resilience of urban areas. This impact is both constant and subject to variation across different regions. The aforementioned impact is attained by means of progressions in industrial structure and the introduction of innovative green technologies. Furthermore, the strategy exerts a beneficial impact on the ecological resilience of urban areas in adjacent regions by means of spatial spillover effects.

Keywords: digital economy; China’s comprehensive big data pilot zone; ecological resilience; difference in differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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