| Title |
The Effect of Green R&D Activities on China's SO2 Emissions: Evidence from a Panel Threshold Model |
| ID_Doc |
30892 |
| Authors |
Chen, SX; Liu, K; Bo, Z; Tang, YE |
| Title |
The Effect of Green R&D Activities on China's SO2 Emissions: Evidence from a Panel Threshold Model |
| Year |
2021 |
| Published |
Problemy Ekorozwoju, 16, 2 |
| DOI |
10.35784/pe.2021.2.15 |
| Abstract |
Previous studies on the effectiveness of improving sustainable development have acknowledged the importance of domestic research and development (R&D) activities. However, these studies remain general and ambiguous because they assume that all R&D activities are related to energy-saving and sustainable development. The corresponding empirical evidence is scabrous and ambiguous. In this paper, we focus on the effect of green innovation R&D activities on SO2 emission which is an important greenhouse gas affect global climate change and ecocivilization. Considering that there is heterogeneity exists in the innovation activities, the R&D activities are divided into three performers with two purposes. The empirical results based on a Chinese inter-provincial dataset of 2000-2016 suggest that the green innovation R&D activities are crucial for the reduction of the SO2 emission. However, the innovation R&D activities of different purposes and performers show statistically differentiated effects on SO2 emission. The major positive effect of green innovation R&D activities on SO2 emissions reduction is mainly from enterprises and utility-type of R&D activities. A further study based on the panel threshold also indicates that effects of green innovation R&D activities on SO2 emissions are nonlinear, depending on the technology absorptive ability. |
| Author Keywords |
green innovation activities; SO2 emissions; technology absorptive ability; sustainable development |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000658761400015 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://ekorozwoj.pollub.pl/no32/15.Chen_et_al.pdf
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