Research on Regional Differences and Influencing Factors of Chinese Industrial Green Technology Innovation Efficiency Based on Dagum Gini Coefficient Decomposition

Abstract

Industrial green technology innovation has become an important content in achieving high-quality economic growth and comprehensively practicing the new development concept in the new era. This paper measures the efficiency of industrial green technology innovation and regional differences based on Chinese provincial panel data from 2005 to 2018, using a combination of the super efficiency slacks-based measure (SBM) model for considering undesirable outputs and the Dagum Gini coefficient method, and discusses and analyses the factors influencing industrial green technology innovation efficiency by constructing a spatial econometric model. The results show that: firstly, industrial green technology innovation efficiency in China shows a relatively stable development trend, going through three stages: “stationary period”, “recession period” and “growth period”. However, the efficiency gap between different regions is obvious, specifically in the eastern > central > western regions of China, and the industrial green technology efficiency innovation in the central and western regions is lower than the national average. Secondly, regional differences in the efficiency of industrial green technology innovation in China are evident but tend to narrow overall, with the main reason for the overall difference being regional differences. In terms of intra-regional variation, variation within the eastern region is relatively stable, variation within the central region is relatively low and shows an inverted ‘U’ shaped trend, and variation within the western region is high and shows a fluctuating downward trend. Thirdly, the firm size, government support, openness to the outside world, environmental regulations and education levels contribute to the efficiency of industrial green technology innovation. In addition, the industrial structure hinders the efficiency of industrial green technology innovation, and each influencing factor has different degrees of spatial spillover effects.

Digital finance, environmental regulation, and green development efficiency of China

“…The key to achieving green development is to improve environmental policies and systems. Local governments should not only promote green technological innovation through environmental regulation means and force the green transformation and upgrading of high pollution and high energy consumption industries, but also promote financial innovation, guide the green development of the local economy through green credit and green finance, and support green technological innovation and application (Zhang et al, 2022). The implementation of environmental regulations has placed higher demands on production activities.…”

Dynamic Impact of Technology and Finance on Green Technology Innovation Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from China’s Provinces

“…Zhang et al (2021) analyzed GTIE evolution based on a network epsilonbased Measure (EBM) model and analyzed the impacts of environmental regulations [18]. Zhang et al (2022) used a combination of the super-SBM model and the Dagum Gini coefficient method and analyzed the factors influencing industrial GTIE by constructing a spatial econometric model [19].…”

A Systematic Review of Green Building Development in China: Advantages, Challenges and Future Directions

“…Green building is pivotal in mitigating the negative impacts of construction activities [147][148][149]. From the standpoint of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy use, green buildings have significant contributions due to their preference for recyclable materials and energy, low-carbon components, and sustainable operation and maintenance patterns [150][151][152][153]. Based on the survey by MacNaughton et al [154], the LEED-certified green buildings cumulatively eliminated 33,200 kilotons of CO 2 emissions, 91.12 kilotons of air pollutants, and 55.56 billion kW.h of electricity consumption from 2000 to 2016.…”

“…Through the discussion and analysis of the research results that are described in Section 3, it can be determined that green buildings can provide significant benefits throughout China. In the aspect of environmental preservation, green buildings can effectively achieve energy conservation and greenhouse gas reduction in China [140,[143][144][145][147][148][149][150][151][152][153]. Through green building development, the negative environmental impact and energy consumption that are caused by construction activities in China can be effectively mitigated.…”