Trade, Policy, and Economic Development in the Digital Economy

Herman, Peter R.; Oliver, Sarah

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“…From a macro perspective, DE can promote economic development [32]. Besides, DE also has a significant role in playing in international trade [33].…”

Section: De and Environmental Pollutionmentioning

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The impact of digital economy on environmental pollution: Evidence from 267 cities in China

Yuan,

Liu,

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Environmental pollution has become a pressing global issue, severely threatening human health and ecosystems. As an emerging driver of economic development in countries worldwide, the digital economy (DE) has the potential to enhance resource utilization efficiency and promote the development of clean technologies, thereby reducing environmental pollution. Based on the panel data of 267 cities in China from 2012 to 2021, the spatial econometric model is used to test the impact of DE on environmental pollution. The mediating effect model is used to explore the transmission mechanism of DE affecting environmental pollution. The panel threshold model is used to examine the threshold effect of marketization. The results are as follows: (1) DE can significantly reduce environmental pollution. The conclusion is still valid after conducting robustness tests such as selecting historical data as instrumental variables and the “Broadband China” pilot as a quasi-natural experiment. (2) From the perspective of transmission mechanism, DE can reduce environmental pollution through green technology innovation and industrial structure upgrading. (3) From the perspective of spatial spillover effect, DE can reduce the environmental pollution level of surrounding cities. (4) From the perspective of threshold effect, DE has obvious market-oriented single threshold effect on environmental pollution. When the marketization level crosses the threshold of 11.6611, the emission reduction effect of DE is significant. (5) From the perspective of heterogeneity, DE has a heterogeneous impact on environmental pollution in cities with different geographic locations, resource endowments and administrative level. Regarding geographical heterogeneity, DE can effectively reduce environmental pollution in eastern and central regions, but has no significant impact on environmental pollution in western regions. Regarding the heterogeneity of resource endowment, compared to non-resource-based cities, resource-based cities suffer more from the negative effects of DE on their environment. Regarding the heterogeneity of administrative levels, compared with non-central cities, the DE of central cities has a greater emission reduction effect. Based on empirical results, this paper proposes strategic recommendations in areas such as enhancing the application of DE in emission reduction, upgrading industrial structures, promoting green technology innovation, and improving the level of marketization. This study not only enriches the research of DE and environmental pollution, but also provides a reference for the formulation of environmental pollution control policies.

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“…From a macro perspective, DE can promote economic development [32]. Besides, DE also has a significant role in playing in international trade [33].…”

Section: De and Environmental Pollutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of digital economy on environmental pollution: Evidence from 267 cities in China

Yuan,

Liu,

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…Compared with previous studies, the possible improvement of this study lies in the following: based on the new scenario that information services have fully penetrated the full range of rural residents, based on the increasing importance of the digital economy to economic growth (Herman and Oliver, 2023), focusing on the indisputable fact that the income disparity within the farming households has been increasing during the process of urban-rural integration, utilizing the data from the two issues of the China Family Panel Survey ( China Family Panel Studies, CFPS) data, from the perspective of rural residents as the main users of information resources, the welfare effects of digital literacy, a front-end condition for the depth of information application, in the process of value re-creating and value redistributing are systematically sorted out and elaborated... It is hoped to construct the intrinsic connection between digital literacy and farm household income, and based on different application levels, through the results of empirical analysis, it is proposed to promote the overall income growth of farm households with precise digital increase and shrinkage distance policies, while forming a virtuous circle of economic return to income equality.…”

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Why Digital Literacy Widens the Income Gap wi thin Chinese Farming Households

张

2023

Preprint

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Whether or not we can narrow the urban-rural "digital literacy gap" and improve the digital literacy and skills of China's rural households so that digital technology can truly empower people, is crucial to improving the well-being of the population. Using data from the China Family Tracking Survey (CFPS), the article explores the construction of digital literacy indicators and identifies the key issues for improving the income of rural households through digital literacy, starting with the depth of information application. The findings show that improved digital literacy has a significant positive effect on increasing farm household income, and the study's conclusions remain valid after utilizing instrumental variables as well as multiple methodological tests. The quantile model shows that the income-enhancing performance of digital literacy is uneven across regions and significantly widens the income gap within farm households. The income-generating benefits of digital literacy have a "threshold effect" within farming households, with low-income farmers mainly obtaining wages and business income through "entertainment apps" and high-income farmers accomplishing wealth accumulation through "serious apps". High-income farmers use "serious applications" to complete wealth accumulation. Mechanism analysis shows that digital literacy can reduce the cost of acquiring knowledge and effective information, improve the better management of individual resources, and realize income expansion. Heterogeneity analysis finds that digital literacy has a more pronounced income-enhancing effect on middle-aged and older farmers and those with low levels of education. Focusing on low-income households with multiple vulnerabilities, the use of household "digital feedback" can further reduce the income gap within the household. This study helps to examine the economic effects of digital literacy on farm household income under the "winner-takes-all" market structure and provides evidence to support the use of digital literacy as a tool to promote the digital village and commonwealth in China.

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Moderator Effect of Digital Technologies on the Linkage between Service Export and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis on High-Income Countries

ÖZER AKSOY,

ÜNLÜ

2024

Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi

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Bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerindeki gelişmeler dijitalleşme sürecine ivme kazandırarak dijital teknolojilerin kullanımını artırmıştır. Söz konusu teknolojilerin kullanımındaki artış ise küresel hizmet ticaretinin hızlanmasına ve ihracata dayalı büyüme hipotezinin hizmetler ticareti açısından yeniden tartışılmasına yol açmıştır. Hipoteze göre, hizmet ihracatının ekonomik büyüme sürecindeki muhtemel etkilerinin olumlu yönde olması yani ekonomik büyümeye pozitif katkı sağlaması beklenmektedir. Dijital teknolojilerin hizmet ihracatı-ekonomik büyüme bağlantısındaki rolü dikkate alındığında ise bu teknolojilerin söz konusu pozitif etkiyi güçlendirmesi beklenmektedir. Bu kapsamda son yıllarda hem araştırmacıların hem de politika yapıcıların ilgisi hizmet ihracatı, ekonomik büyüme ve dijitalleşme arasındaki bağlantılara ve dijital teknolojilerin rolüne odaklanmıştır. Dolayısıyla çalışmanın amacı, hizmet ihracatı ve ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişkide dijital teknolojilerin moderatör etkisinin araştırılmasına katkıda bulunmaktır. Bu doğrultuda, çalışmada 40 yüksek gelirli ülkenin 2008-2020 dönemine ait ilgili verileri kullanılarak panel veri analizi gerçekleştirilmiş ve panel eşbütünleşme testleri (Pedroni ve Kao) ile panel FMOLS ve panel DOLS katsayı tahmincilerinden faydalanılmıştır. Elde edilen ampirik bulgular; analize dahil edilen değişkenler arasındaki uzun dönemli eşbütünleşme ilişkisinin varlığına işaret etmekte olup, hizmet ihracatının ekonomik büyüme üzerindeki pozitif etkisini doğrulamaktadır. Başka bir ifadeyle, hizmet ihracatına dayalı büyüme hipotezini doğrulayıcı ampirik kanıtlara ulaşılmıştır. Bununla birlikte, dijital teknolojilerin hizmet ihracatı ile ekonomik büyüme arasında moderatör etkiye sahip olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Yani moderatör değişkenin ekonomik büyüme üzerindeki etkisi pozitiftir.

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Trade, Policy, and Economic Development in the Digital Economy

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The impact of digital economy on environmental pollution: Evidence from 267 cities in China

The impact of digital economy on environmental pollution: Evidence from 267 cities in China

Why Digital Literacy Widens the Income Gap wi thin Chinese Farming Households

Moderator Effect of Digital Technologies on the Linkage between Service Export and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis on High-Income Countries

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