The spatial spillover effect of urban sprawl and fiscal decentralization on air pollution: evidence from 269 cities in China

Yang, Xiaodong; Wang, Jianlong; Cao, Jianhong; Ren, Siyu; Ran, Qiying; Wu, Haitao

doi:10.1007/s00181-021-02151-y

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“…To explore the spatial effects of the “Broadband China” pilot, following prior research, the most commonly used geographical distance weight matrix (Jia, Fan, et al, 2021; Yang et al, 2021) was first constructed:

W_{1} = 1 / d_{ij}^{2}

. Considering the relation of digital economy agglomeration to the Internet, the information distance matrix (Yuan et al, 2019) was constructed:

W_{2} = I n_{i} I n_{j} / d_{ij}^{2}

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confidence: 99%

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The emerging driving force of inclusive green growth: Does digital economy agglomeration work?

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Inclusive green growth, which considers green growth, inclusive growth and growth, is a sustainable development model that aims to pursue the comprehensive and harmonious growth of humans, the economy, society, and the environment. Against the backdrop of the pandemic as well as sluggish economic development, the global economy is endowed with a driving mission that may affect inclusive green growth. This research primarily discusses the influence of digital economy agglomeration on inclusive green growth and its transmission mechanism in China. Specifically, the slacks-based measure of directional distance functions (SBM-DDF) model was integrated with the global Malmquist-Luenberger index (GML) to calculate inclusive green growth at the city level for 282 cities in China during 2004-2019. A measurement system for the digital economy level was constructed, and the degree of digital economy agglomeration in each region was further measured through geographic concentration. Based on these analyses, this research points out that digital economy agglomeration exerts a positive influence on inclusive green growth. The transmission mechanism analysis indicates that inclusive green growth is influenced by digital economy agglomeration through energy consumption, environmental pollution, economic growth, human capital, industrial structure, and technological progress. Moreover, taking the "Broadband China" pilot policy as the starting point, a spatial difference-in-differences (SDID) model was used to analyze the policy effect. The results suggest that the "Broadband China" policy is conducive to enhancing local inclusive green growth, while it inhibits inclusive green growth in neighboring cities.

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W_{1} = 1 / d_{ij}^{2}

. Considering the relation of digital economy agglomeration to the Internet, the information distance matrix (Yuan et al, 2019) was constructed:

W_{2} = I n_{i} I n_{j} / d_{ij}^{2}

.…”

Section: Empirical Results and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To explore the spatial effects of the "Broadband China" pilot, following prior research, the most commonly used geographical distance weight matrix (Jia, Fan, et al, 2021;Yang et al, 2021) was first constructed:…”

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“…Limited by factors such as geographical location and factor endowment, there are significant differences in the economic development levels of prefecture-level cities in different regions and their support for national eco-industrial demonstration parks. Referring to [100], this study divided 239 prefecture-level cities into eastern, central, and western regions based on their geographical locations to explore the heterogeneous effects of NEDP on GTFP under sub-regional scenarios (see Table 7). Table 7 reveals that NEDP significantly contributes to GTFP in the central and western regions, but insignificantly in the eastern region.…”

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Does the Construction of National Eco-Industrial Demonstration Parks Improve Green Total Factor Productivity? Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China

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This study conducted quasi-natural experiments based on the panel data of 239 prefecture-level cities in China from 2005 to 2017. The difference-in-difference (DID) and mediation effect model are used to test the impact and mechanism of the construction of national eco-industrial demonstration parks (NEDP) on green total factor productivity (GTFP). The results show that: (1) The construction of NEDP has significantly improved the urban GTFP, and the conclusion is still valid after running the robustness test. (2) Mechanism analysis shows that the construction of NEDP has improved GTFP through technological innovation and industrial structure upgrading. (3) The heterogeneity results reveal that NEDP has a significant positive effect on GTFP in the central and western regions, while the effect was insignificant in the eastern region. Moreover, NEDP significantly contributes to GTFP in resource-based and non-resource-based cities, while the contribution of resource-based cities is greater than that of non-resource-based cities. This study provides a reference for China to further promote the construction quality of NEDP and green development.

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“…In contrast, those oriented to green development will promote “competition to the top” through green technology innovation. In addition, the fiscal decentralization of provinces located in different development-oriented regions may have different spatial spillover effects on air pollution [ 25 , 26 ]. Based on the above analysis, this article proposes the following hypotheses:…”

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Fiscal Decentralization, Green Technology Innovation, and Regional Air Pollution in China: An Investigation from the Perspective of Intergovernmental Competition

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Fiscal decentralization (FD), as an institutional arrangement for the fiscal division between central and local governments, gives local governments the enthusiasm and autonomy to provide public products and services. With the dominance of environmental governance, how local governments can avoid intergovernmental “race to the bottom” issues through green technology innovation (GTI) is a matter of regional green development and continuous improvement of atmospheric environmental quality. Based on a sample of 30 provinces in China from 2003 to 2018, this paper uses the spatial Durbin model (SDM) to examine the relationship between FD, GTI, and regional air pollution and explores their spatial spillover effect and regional heterogeneity from the perspective of intergovernmental competition. The results indicate that the FD and GTI in various provinces had significant and regionally differentiated inhibitory effects on local air pollution. In Western China, due to the regional competition among local governments in terms of economic development, economic development-oriented fiscal expenditures crowd out environmental governance-oriented fiscal expenditures, which has led to the consequence that FD can intensify local air pollution and has a positive spillover effect, but the demonstration effect of green technological innovation can well moderate the effect of FD on air pollution. FD in the eastern region has played a positive role in promoting regional air quality improvement. However, its green technological innovation has not played a positive role in reducing emissions, and it plays a significant negative regulatory role in the emission reduction effect led by FD. Finally, the article puts forward policy recommendations in terms of a fiscal decentralization system, green technological innovation, and performance evaluation mechanism.

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The spatial spillover effect of urban sprawl and fiscal decentralization on air pollution: evidence from 269 cities in China

Cited by 93 publications

References 84 publications

The emerging driving force of inclusive green growth: Does digital economy agglomeration work?

The emerging driving force of inclusive green growth: Does digital economy agglomeration work?

Does the Construction of National Eco-Industrial Demonstration Parks Improve Green Total Factor Productivity? Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China

Fiscal Decentralization, Green Technology Innovation, and Regional Air Pollution in China: An Investigation from the Perspective of Intergovernmental Competition

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