The Impact of Government Open Data on Firms’ Energy Efficiency: Analyse the Mediating Role of Capacity Utilization and Biased Technological Progress

Ya Su, Diyun Peng, Yafei Wang and Zhixiong Tan ()
Additional contact information
Ya Su: School of Economics and Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Diyun Peng: School of Economics and Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Yafei Wang: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
Zhixiong Tan: School of Public Policy and Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-20

Abstract: As a new type of production factor, releasing data dividends is of great significance in improving corporate energy efficiency. Based on the data of listed enterprises in China from 2011 to 2022, the establishment of government open data platforms in each prefecture-level city is taken as a policy shock event, and the impact of government open data on corporate energy efficiency is empirically examined through a multi-period DID model. The results show that government open data improves enterprise energy efficiency by approximately 2.5% (relative to the mean), and capacity utilization and biased technological progress are the main pathways of action. In addition, the application of big data technology can better fulfill the role of data factors in improving enterprise energy efficiency. Heterogeneity analysis finds that government open data has a stronger effect on enterprise energy efficiency improvement in areas with high manufacturing concentration, environmental tax rate leveling, and high Internet penetration. The study suggests that enterprises should apply big data technology and build a mechanism for integrating data assets and energy management so as to fulfill the important role of data elements in the green development of enterprises.

Keywords: government open data; capacity utilization; biased technological progress; energy efficiency; big data application (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/17/4626/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/17/4626/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:18:y:2025:i:17:p:4626-:d:1738458

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Cassie Shen

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().