Impact of Industrial Structure Upgrading on Green Total Factor Productivity in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Jinhua Sun, Decai Tang, Haojia Kong and Valentina Boamah
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Jinhua Sun: School of Law and Business, Sanjiang University, Nanjing 210012, China
Decai Tang: School of Law and Business, Sanjiang University, Nanjing 210012, China
Haojia Kong: School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210000, China
Valentina Boamah: School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: The Yangtze River economic belt is an inland river economic belt with international influence composed of 11 provinces and municipalities in the Yangtze River Basin. This paper uses the super-efficiency model to calculate the green total factor productivity of 11 provinces and municipalities in the Yangtze River economic belt (YREB). Then we establish a model to study the impact of industrial structure upgrading, industrial structure rationalization, and environmental regulation on green total factor productivity (GTFP). Empirical analysis shows that the industrial structure upgrading and environmental regulation have a significant impact on GTFP and show regional characteristics. The more developed the economy and the higher the industrial structure, the greater the impact of upgrading and environmental regulation on GTFP. Compared with other control variables, the urbanization rate impacts GTFP, followed by regional economic development.

Keywords: green total factor productivity; industrial structure; environmental regulation; Yangtze River economic belt (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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