Research on the Spatio-Temporal Impacts of Environmental Factors on the Fresh Agricultural Product Supply Chain and the Spatial Differentiation Issue—An Empirical Research on 31 Chinese Provinces

Xuemei Fan, Ziyue Nan, Yuanhang Ma, Yingdan Zhang and Fei Han
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Xuemei Fan: School of Management, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China
Ziyue Nan: School of Management, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China
Yuanhang Ma: School of Management, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China
Yingdan Zhang: School of Management, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China
Fei Han: School of Management, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-26

Abstract: Environmental factors in time and space play a critical role in advancing the sustainable development of the fresh agricultural product supply chain. This paper, availing the panel data of 31 Chinese provinces from 2008 to 2019, constructs a system of indicators assessing the development of the fresh agricultural product supply chain, and obtains the comprehensive development level in the Entropy Weight Method (EWM). Furthermore, it establishes a comparison between optimal solutions generated by the Instrumental Variables Method (IVM) and the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) over the endogeneity issue of variables, creates the comparison between the weighted regression methods of Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) and Multi-scale Geographic Weighted Regression (MGWR), and obtains the relationship among the 14 environmental factors in their spatio-temporal impacts on the development of the fresh agricultural product supply chain. The results indicate that: (1) the environmental influencing factors in this paper have significant endogenous problems and various environmental factors impact on the fresh agricultural product supply chain in different trends and to different degrees. (2) With different bandwidths, the environmental factors could impact the fresh agricultural product supply chain to greatly varied degrees, demonstrating a strong attribute of regional correlation.

Keywords: environmental factors; sustainable development of the fresh agricultural product supply chain; endogenous problems; multi-scale geographic weighted regression (MGWR); China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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