Fintech's impact on green productivity in China: Role of fossil fuel energy structure, environmental regulations, government expenditure, and R&D investment

Min Fan, Yun Zhou, Zhixi Lu and Sen Gao

Resources Policy, 2024, vol. 91, issue C

Abstract: This study applies the data envelopment analysis to estimate green total factor productivity (GTFP) in 30 Chinese regions from 2011 to 2020. It examines how it is associated with Fintech and its underlying mechanism, especially considering the role of fossil fuel consumption (energy structure). The empirical results show that Fintech exerts a promoting effect on GTFP. However, its impact is conditional, where a single threshold effect of environmental regulation is significant, and the double threshold effects of R&D investment and government expenditure are significant. The positive impact of Fintech on GTFP is stronger in the non-Yangtze River Economic Belt than in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and it is more significant in the eastern districts in China, while it is not pronounced in the central, the western and the northeast parts of China. The mediation results documented that Fintech can boost GTFP through energy structure optimization. Our research provides theoretical support and China’ s evidence on green transformation and economy upgrading with heterogeneous characteristics and Fintech.

Keywords: Fintech; Fossil fuels; Green total factor productivity; Energy structure; Environmental regulations; R&D; Government expenditure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.104857

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