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Title The carbon reduction effect of China's outward foreign direct investment for carbon neutrality target
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Authors Zhang, ZB; Dong, WY; Tang, ZY
Title The carbon reduction effect of China's outward foreign direct investment for carbon neutrality target
Year 2022
Published Environmental Science And Pollution Research, 29, 55
DOI 10.1007/s11356-022-21712-x
Abstract Based on mainland China's provincial OFDI and carbon emissions data from 2003 to 2018, this paper applied a panel fixed-effects model and spatial econometric model to empirically test whether China's OFDI can be a powerful tool to achieve the "carbon neutrality" target. The empirical results indicate that China's OFDI significantly increases carbon emissions, but this effect has temporal and spatial differences. After incorporating spatial factors into the analysis, the impact of OFDI on carbon emissions differs when modelled by different spatial weight matrices. The green effect of OFDI has the problem of poor channels. It is impossible to achieve energy savings and emission reduction by promoting green technology innovation, improving the rationalization of the industrial structure or reducing energy consumption. The test results of the moderating effect indicate that the development of green finance can weaken the positive effect of OFDI on emissions.
Author Keywords OFDI; Carbon emissions; Green technology innovation; Energy consumption; Green finance
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000819696800008
WoS Category Environmental Sciences
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11356-022-21712-x.pdf
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