Study on the Carbon Emission Spillover Effects of Transportation under Technological Advancements

Yunlong Liu, Leiyu Chen () and Chengfeng Huang
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Yunlong Liu: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Leiyu Chen: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Chengfeng Huang: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: Regional transportation emissions reduction is the key to realizing deep emission reduction and the neutralization of transportation. Transportation development is accompanied by technological progress, and inter-regional transportation technological progress and carbon emission spillover effects are issues worthy of study. Based on the 2011–2020 provincial data of 30 provinces and cities in China, a spatial Durbin model was constructed to explore the impact of technological progress on regional spillovers of carbon emissions and the driving effect of emissions reduction. The conclusions show that the “community effect” causes direct interactions between transportation carbon emissions reduction practices in various provinces; the “acquired effect” and “leakage effect” drive technological progress between regions and cause indirect interactions between transportation carbon emissions reduction practices; transportation technology progress is more likely to occur between regions with similar transportation development. Finally, some suggestions are put forward in terms of establishing a mechanism for the coordinated reduction of regional carbon emissions, strengthening the interactions and economic connections between inter-regional transportation technologies, optimizing the spatial layout of transportation infrastructure, and building a low-carbon transportation system, so as to lay a solid foundation for the coordinated reduction of regional transportation carbon emissions.

Keywords: synergistic reduction; technological progress; spillover effect; Durbin model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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