The threshold spatial effect of digital technology on carbon emissions

Mingyan Yang, Zhengning Pu, Baoying Zhu and Christophe Tavera ()
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Mingyan Yang: UR - Université de Rennes, Southeast University [Jiangsu], CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Zhengning Pu: Southeast University [Jiangsu]
Baoying Zhu: SDUFE - Shandong University of Finance and Economics [Jinan]
Christophe Tavera: UR - Université de Rennes, CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The aim of the paper is to evaluate empirically the main implications of digital technology (DT) on carbon emissions (CE). Our sample focuses on 283 cities of China over the period from 2003 to 2019, and the effect of DT on CE is examined with a threshold spatial effect model. Empirical results show that DT has a negative impact on carbon emissions and the transmission mechanism contains both a direct impact on local region and a spillover effect across regions. There is empirical evidence of a threshold effect in the relationship between DT and CE, with stronger carbon reduction effect for DT values larger than the established threshold. Moreover, CE reduction effect of DT appear to be amplified by the level of marketization. Regions with a higher level of marketization thus show a more significant manifestation of CE reduction effect attributed to DT. Our results provide empirical evidence that DT development may contribute to achieving carbon neutrality at least partially.

Keywords: Digital technology; Carbon emission; Threshold spatial effect; Marketization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Published in Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024, Journal of Cleaner Production, 442, pp.140945. ⟨10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140945⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140945

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