Construction Land Transfer Scale and Carbon Emission Intensity: Empirical Evidence Based on County-Level Land Transactions in Jiangsu Province, China

Wenying Li, Keqiang Wang, Hongmei Liu (), Yixuan Zhang and Xiaodan Zhu
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Wenying Li: School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
Keqiang Wang: School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
Hongmei Liu: School of Finance and Business, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200233, China
Yixuan Zhang: College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
Xiaodan Zhu: Shanghai Construction Land and Land Consolidation Affairs Center, Shanghai 200003, China

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-24

Abstract: The expansion of the construction land scale has been vital in supporting rapid economic development and meeting social needs. However, the spatial heterogeneity in the effect of construction land scale on carbon emission intensity at the county level remains underexplored. Therefore, comprehensively investigating the relation between the construction land transfer scale and carbon emission intensity holds substantial research value. Using panel data from 2007 to 2021, this study analyzes the spatiotemporal differentiation characteristics of carbon emission intensity and the effect of construction land scale on carbon emission intensity at the county level in Jiangsu Province, China. The findings reveal that carbon emission intensity at the county level in Jiangsu Province generally exhibits a continuous downward trend over time and a spatial distribution characterized by a gradual decrease from the southern counties to the central and northern counties. Moreover, there is a significant positive relation between the construction land transfer scale and carbon emission intensity, a conclusion supported by robustness tests. Furthermore, mediating analysis indicates that reduction of the construction land transfer scale exhibits a significant promoting effect on green technology innovation and industrial structure upgrading, which, in turn, has a significant inhibitory effect on carbon emission intensity. The impact of the construction land transfer scale from different sources, supply methods, types, and of county economic strength on carbon emission intensity has significant heterogeneity.

Keywords: construction land transfer scale; carbon emission intensity; spatiotemporal characteristics; county scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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