Can e-commerce reduce urban CO2 emissions? Evidence from National E-commerce Demonstration Cities policy in China

Liu, Di; Zhiping, Qiu

doi:10.1007/s11356-023-26657-3

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“…The development of e-commerce has a positive impact on carbon emissions [ 42 , 43 ], agricultural ecological environment [ 16 , 17 ], and green innovation development [ 14 , 18 ]. However, due to the "endogenous" nature of E-commerce technology, existing research is mainly limited to its role in promoting the development of rural industries [ 4 , 44 ].…”

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Can E-commerce development policies promote the high-quality development of agriculture?—A quasi-natural experiment based on a China’s E-commerce demonstration city

Zhong,

Guo,

Wang

et al. 2024

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As a new business model, E-commerce brings new changes to the global economy and society. So, can E-commerce development policies promote high-quality agricultural development? This article regards the pilot construction of national e-commerce demonstration cities as a quasi-natural experiment for the development of e-commerce. Based on the E-commerce pilot and economic and social development data of national prefecture-level cities from 2004 to 2018, the agricultural total factor productivity calculated by the Fare-Primont index method is used as the characterization of the quality of urban agricultural development, and an empirical model is constructed under the progressive Differences-in-Differences framework. This paper empirically tests the overall impact of E-commerce development on the high-quality development of agriculture and its sources, analyzes the heterogeneity and dynamics of the impact, and investigates the possible impact mechanism. The result shows that from the overall impact and its sources, the development of E-commerce in cities has a positive impact on the high-quality development of agriculture, and the impact is mainly due to its role in promoting technological innovation and economies of scale. From the perspective of heterogeneity, the larger the population size of a city, the more significant the level of e-conomic development or Internet development. From the perspective of the dynamic impact, the positive impact of e-commerce development becomes more significant over time. With the passage of time, the impact of E-commerce on high-quality agricultural development policies shows a trend of first increasing and then decreasing. Overall, this study provides empirical evidence for the rationality and effectiveness of policies and measures related to E-commerce to promote the high-quality development of agriculture.

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Can E-commerce development policies promote the high-quality development of agriculture?—A quasi-natural experiment based on a China’s E-commerce demonstration city

Zhong,

Guo,

Wang

et al. 2024

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“…Meanwhile, regarding the economic effects, NEDC has injected new vitality into China's economic development and technological innovation. It accelerates the spatial agglomeration of service industries [33], enhances urban total factor productivity [16], promotes the development of a green economy [17], and facilitates regional industrial structure upgrading [31], enterprise digital transformation [34] and economic agglomeration [13].…”

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“…The construction of NEDC is a significant catalyst propelling the growth of digital industries and digital technology advancements, as highlighted by Liu and Qiu and Wang et al [10,13]. It can affect urban economic resilience both directly and indirectly.…”

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“…Extant research has investigated the relationship between the construction of NEDC and social development, with most studies focusing on environmental pollution [11,12], carbon reduction [10,13], regional innovation [14,15], and economic development [16,17]. Only two articles have examined the economic effects of constructing NEDCs, with no study discussing how this construction affects economic resilience.…”

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Can urban e-commerce transformation improve economic resilience? a quasi-natural experiment from China

Zhang,

Tang,

2024

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The impact of urban e-commerce transformation on economic resilience can help a country improve its ability to resist risks and seize the initiative in economic development. This study examines the impact of the construction of the National E-commerce Demonstration City (NEDC) on economic resilience using the staggered different-in-differences approach using a sample of 282 Chinese cities from 2006 to 2020. The results show NEDC construction significantly strengthens urban economic resilience. This result remains robust after undergoing placebo test, exclusion of other policies interference, and examining endogeneity. Furthermore, noteworthy heterogeneity exists in the effect of NEDC construction on urban economic resilience, particularly in eastern, developed regions, and cities with high Internet penetration. The mechanisms analysis indicates that NEDC construction enhances urban economic resilience by expanding the scale of urban employment and enhancing market dynamism. Overall, this study refines the causal relationship between e-commerce development and urban economic resilience, providing empirical evidence and policy insights for China and other countries to enhance urban economic resilience and stabilize macroeconomic fluctuations.

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“…In addition to the core explanatory variables, the control variables may also have endogeneity issues that can affect the regression results [79], so the regression results after lagging all the control variables by one period are shown in column (2) of Table 4, where the effect of the poverty eradication policy on arable land area is still significantly negative, indicating the robustness of the regression.…”

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Why Have China’s Poverty Eradication Policy Resulted in the Decline of Arable Land in Poverty-Stricken Areas?

Ran,

Hua,

et al. 2023

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Arable land resources are the basic livelihood security for people in poverty-stricken areas, and poor people are prone to uncontrolled expansion of arable land and exogenous ecological damage to secure their livelihoods. To avoid this vicious cycle, China’s poverty eradication policy requires greater management and restoration of arable land in poverty-stricken areas, but it is unknown what impacts it may bring. Therefore, this study examines the impact of policy implementation on arable land by the Difference-in-Differences (DID) model and uses the mediating and moderating models to test the policy’s mechanism on arable land. The results reveal that the policy significantly reduces the arable land, and the results remain robust, controlling for potential endogeneity variables and robustness tests. What’s more, the results of the mediating and moderating effect models indicate that the reduction of arable land is mainly due to the increase of unit yield, guiding the local people to abandon degraded land and to carry out ecological restoration, thus reducing the arable land area and achieving sustainable development. Finally, recommendations are proposed from the perspective of human-land coordination.

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Can e-commerce reduce urban CO2 emissions? Evidence from National E-commerce Demonstration Cities policy in China

Cited by 8 publications

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Can E-commerce development policies promote the high-quality development of agriculture?—A quasi-natural experiment based on a China’s E-commerce demonstration city

Can E-commerce development policies promote the high-quality development of agriculture?—A quasi-natural experiment based on a China’s E-commerce demonstration city

Can urban e-commerce transformation improve economic resilience? a quasi-natural experiment from China

Why Have China’s Poverty Eradication Policy Resulted in the Decline of Arable Land in Poverty-Stricken Areas?

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