| Title |
Effects of Science and Technology Finance on Green Total Factor Productivity in China: Insights from an Empirical Spatial Durbin Model |
| ID_Doc |
33674 |
| Authors |
Lu, Y; Ahmad, M; Zhang, HT; Guo, JX |
| Title |
Effects of Science and Technology Finance on Green Total Factor Productivity in China: Insights from an Empirical Spatial Durbin Model |
| Year |
2024 |
| Published |
Journal Of The Knowledge Economy, 15.0, 2 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s13132-023-01306-9 |
| Abstract |
Undoubtedly, science and technology (sci-tech) finance plays a vital role in promoting innovation and industrial structure. Sci-tech finance may also affect green total factor productivity (GTFP). However, the research that integrates sci-tech finance and GTFP in the same environmental policy framework is still scant. In this context, the spatial spillover effect and mechanism of the impact of sci-tech finance on GTFP were empirically analyzed using the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2010 to 2020. The slacks-based measure (SBM) model of non-expected output and the GML index were used to measure the GTFP, and the entropy weight method was used to measure the development level of sci-tech finance in each province. The results unveil that sci-tech finance and GTFP in China have significant spatial autocorrelation and spatial disequilibrium; the positive driving effect of sci-tech finance on GTFP has a significant spatial spillover effect. The mechanism test finds that sci-tech finance enhances local GTFP by expanding R&D expenditures and optimizing industrial structure, and the spatial spillover effect of sci-tech finance on GTFP in neighboring regions is realized by expanding R&D expenditures in neighboring regions. The heterogeneity test found that sci-tech finance has a significant positive effect on GTFP in the eastern region, an insignificant positive effect on the central regions, and a significant negative effect on the western and northeastern regions. Therefore, regional collaboration alliances should be established to fully play the spatial effect of sci-tech finance and enhance GTFP. |
| Author Keywords |
Sci-tech finance; GTFP; Spillover effects; Spatial Durbin model |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000990974600003 |
| WoS Category |
Economics |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics |
| PDF |
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13132-023-01306-9.pdf
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