Analysis and Measurement of Barriers to Green Transformation Behavior of Resource Industries

Cunfang Li, Tao Song (), Wenfu Wang (), Xinyi Gu, Zhan Li and Yongzeng Lai
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Cunfang Li: School of Business, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101 Shanghai Road, Copper Mt. District, Xuzhou 221008, China
Tao Song: School of Business, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101 Shanghai Road, Copper Mt. District, Xuzhou 221008, China
Wenfu Wang: School of Business, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101 Shanghai Road, Copper Mt. District, Xuzhou 221008, China
Xinyi Gu: School of Business, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101 Shanghai Road, Copper Mt. District, Xuzhou 221008, China
Zhan Li: School of Business, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101 Shanghai Road, Copper Mt. District, Xuzhou 221008, China
Yongzeng Lai: Department of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 21, 1-22

Abstract: To effectively guide and stimulate the green transformation behavior of resource industries and promote the sustainable and high-quality development of the region, it is necessary to deeply analyze and clarify the barrier factors of the green transformation behavior of resource industries. This study measures the green transformation efficiency of the resource industries by selecting the panel data of the mining industry from 29 Chinese provinces, based on the DEA-SBM model, and employing the ideas and methods of system engineering, for the years 2012–2019. Hence, the study employs the Tobit model to verify the factors that hinder the green transformation behavior of the resource industries. The results show that the (1) resource industries’ barriers against the green transformation behavior form a significant barrier effect by inhibiting the efficiency of green transformation; (2) there is a difference in the intensity of the effect of the resource industries’ barriers to the green transformation behavior; (3) regional heterogeneity exists in the effects of the barriers to the green transformation behavior of the resource industries. The findings of the study can provide a scientific basis for further improving the effectiveness of policies related to the green transformation behavior of resource industries.

Keywords: resource industries; green transformation behavior; barrier factors; analysis and measurement; Tobit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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