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Title Go for Economic Transformation and Development in China: Financial Development, Higher Education, and Green Technology Evolution
ID_Doc 35040
Authors Zhou, XX; Hu, XY; Duan, M; Peng, LC; Zhao, X
Title Go for Economic Transformation and Development in China: Financial Development, Higher Education, and Green Technology Evolution
Year 2024
Published Evaluation Review, 48, 1
DOI 10.1177/0193841X231166741
Abstract Technology innovation is the key driving force in achieving economic transformation and development. Financial development and the expansion of higher education can promote technological progress primarily by easing financing constraints and improving the level of human capital. This study examines the impact of financial development and higher education expansion on green technology innovation. It conducts an empirical analysis by constructing a linear panel model and a nonlinear threshold model. The present study sample is based on the urban panel data of China from 2003-2019. (1) Financial development can significantly promote the expansion of higher education. (2) The expansion of higher education can improve energy and environment-based technological progress. (3) Financial development can both directly and indirectly promote green technology evolution by expanding higher education. The joint financial development and higher education expansion can significantly empower green technology innovation. (4) In the process of promoting green technology innovation, financial development has a non-linear influence on it, with higher education as the threshold. The effect of financial development on green technology innovation varies according to the degree of higher education. Based on these findings, we put forward policy proposals for green technology innovation to promote economic transformation and development in China.
Author Keywords financial development; green technology evolution; higher education; economic transformation
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000963924900001
WoS Category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Research Area Social Sciences - Other Topics
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