Research Investigating the Influence of the Digital Economy on the High-Quality Advancement of New Urbanization in the Yellow River Basin

Peiqing Yang (), Yingjun Zhang and Yaxin Yin
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Peiqing Yang: College of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710061, China
Yingjun Zhang: College of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710061, China
Yaxin Yin: College of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710061, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 14, 1-22

Abstract: The rapid development of the digital economy poses both opportunities and challenges for the process of new urbanization. This study utilizes inter-provincial panel data covering the period from 2012 to 2021 in the Yellow River Basin. It employs fixed-effect, mediation effect, and threshold effect models to examine how the digital economy affects the high-quality development of new urbanization in the area. Key findings of the study indicate that the digital economy has a positive impact on the high-quality development of new urbanization in the Yellow River Basin through its facilitation of industrial structure upgrading. The impact exhibits a non-linear “marginal effect,” transitioning from slower to faster growth rates. This paper aims to establish a basis for decision-making and policy formulation aimed at enhancing the high-quality development of the digital economy within the context of new urbanization in the Yellow River Basin.

Keywords: digital economy; new urbanization; high-quality development; regional heterogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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