Does the digital economy reduce air pollution in China? A perspective from industrial agglomeration

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.02.031" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.02.031</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.02.031" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.egyr.2023.02.031</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does the digital economy reduce air pollution in China? A perspective from industrial agglomeration

Original language description

Based on the perspective of industrial agglomeration, this paper employs a dynamic panel model and mediating effects model to investigate the impact of digital economy's development on air pollution in 274 Chinese cities from 2011 to 2019. The main findings include: (1) The development of the digital economy reduces air pollution emissions in Chinese cities, and the elasticity of pollution reduction is greater in central and western China than in eastern China. (2) The nexus between industrial agglomeration and air pollution is inverted-N-shaped. (3) Mechanism tests show that the digital economy can effectively promote the degree of industrial agglomeration in each area, and it plays a positive role in abating pollution in eastern and central China through the positive externalities of industrial agglomeration, but the mediating effect of industrial agglomeration on pollution reduction is not significant in western China. (4) Diversified agglomeration is an active mediator of the digital economy's pollution reduction effect in eastern and central China. Accordingly, some policy implications are put forward for simultaneously promoting the development of the digital economy and reducing air pollution, impelling industrial agglomeration, and accelerating the green transformation in China. (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Energy Reports

ISSN

2352-4847

e-ISSN

2352-4847

Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

DEC 2023

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

3625-3641

UT code for WoS article

000948989500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85149178039