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Title How does the digital economy affect the development of the green economy? Evidence from Chinese cities
ID_Doc 62473
Authors Liao, WQ
Title How does the digital economy affect the development of the green economy? Evidence from Chinese cities
Year 2023
Published Plos One, 18, 8
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0289826
Abstract The digital economy may accelerate the upgrading of industrial structures and boost regional innovation output, effectively contributing to China's green economic transformation. The impact of the digital economy on developing the urban green economy is analyzed using data from 280 cities across China from 2010-2019. Using a fixed-effects model and the Spatial Durbin model, the digital economy is found to have a significant impact on urban green economy development. This result is shown to be robust to various factors. There is significant regional variability in the impact of the digital economy on green economic growth, with the strongest impact in the northeast, followed by the central and western regions. Meanwhile, non-resource-based cities and policy pilot cities have a more pronounced role in promoting the digital economy. The intermediate transmission chain of industrial structural upgrading and regional innovation output fosters the growth of the urban green economy via the digital economy. Regional innovation production is responsible for 30.848% of this growth, with the intermediate effect of industrial structural upgrading contributing to 38.155%.
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Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:001051741800068
WoS Category Multidisciplinary Sciences
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics
PDF https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289826&type=printable
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