Impact of Digital Economy Development on Carbon Emission Efficiency: A Spatial Econometric Analysis Based on Chinese Provinces and Cities

Liang Liu, Yuhan Zhang, Xiujuan Gong, Mengyue Li, Xue Li, Donglin Ren and Pan Jiang ()
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Liang Liu: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Yuhan Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Xiujuan Gong: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Mengyue Li: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Xue Li: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Donglin Ren: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Pan Jiang: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China

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

Abstract: In the realistic context of the development of China’s digital economy and carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, to efficiently achieve high-quality economic and green and low-carbon transformation, this paper investigates the impact of digital economy development on the carbon emission efficiency of 30 Chinese provinces and cities from 2011–2019. In this paper, firstly, the digital economy development index and carbon emission efficiency are calculated by the entropy method and the Super-SBM-Undesirable Model. Secondly, the Spatial Lag Model (SAR) and the Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) are respectively constructed under the adjacency matrix and the geographic distance matrix to empirically test the spatial impact of the digital economy on carbon emission efficiency. The results show that: the digital economy development and carbon emission efficiency of Chinese provinces and cities both show the spatial distribution characteristics of stronger in the East and weaker in the Middle and West; the digital economy development in Chinese provinces and cities has a significantly positive direct and spatial spillover effect on carbon emission efficiency; there are differences in the direct and spatial spillover effects of various dimensions of the digital economy development on the carbon emission efficiency in Chinese provinces and cities; the direct effect of the digital economy development on the carbon emission efficiency in Chinese provinces and cities has significant regional heterogeneity among eastern, central, and western regions. This paper provides new empirical evidence for developing countries such as China to proactively develop a digital economy to promote energy conservation and emission reduction to realize green and low-carbon transformation.

Keywords: digital economy; carbon emission efficiency; spatial effects; super-SBM-undesirable 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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