Differentiation Analysis on Carbon Emission Efficiency and Its Factors at Different Industrialization Stages: Evidence from Mainland China

Lijie Wei and Zhibao Wang ()
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Lijie Wei: College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Zhibao Wang: College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-14

Abstract: Industrial production is currently the main source of global carbon emissions. There are obvious differences in regional carbon emission efficiencies ( CEE ) at different industrial stages. We investigate CEE and explore its factors in mainland China at different industrialization stages from 2008-2020 using the super-SBM model with an undesirable output and the STIRPAT model. There is significant spatial heterogeneity in regional CEE , with gaps gradually widening. CEE ’s spatial heterogeneity in mid-industrialized provinces is narrowing, while in late-industrialized and post-industrialized provinces, it is widening. CEE ’s factors also differ in provinces at different industrialization stages. At the mid-industrialization stage, the industrial structure ( IS ) is the dominant factor, while population urbanization ( PU ) is dominant at the late-industrialization stage, and both PU and IS are dominant at the post-industrialization stage. Based on CEE ’s characteristics at different industrialization stages, we propose suggestions for green development.

Keywords: carbon emission efficiency ( CEE ); industrialization; super-SBM model; mainland China (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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