TY - JOUR
T1 - E-commerce development and carbon emission efficiency
T2 - Evidence from 240 cities in China
AU - Jiang, Hongli
AU - Hu, Wenjie
AU - Guo, Ziqing
AU - Hou, Yan
AU - Chen, Tingqiang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Economic Society of Australia, Queensland
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - How to improve carbon emission efficiency (CEE) to achieve sustainable economic development has triggered contemplation among society and policy-makers. Previous studies have confirmed that e-commerce development can reduce local carbon emissions, but the impact of e-commerce development on CEE is unclear. This paper investigates the impact of e-commerce development on CEE and its spatial spillover effect using Chinese city-level panel data, taking the National E-commerce Demonstration City (NEDC) policy as a quasi-natural experiment. Results show that the NEDC policy significantly improves local CEE by promoting industrial structure upgrading, green technology innovation, and improving energy efficiency. The influence is more pronounced in regions with inadequate information infrastructure, unfavorable business environment, and limited marketization. However, the NEDC policy has a negative spatial spillover effect, reducing surrounding cities’ CEE. The findings unveil the complicated impact of e-commerce development on CEE and offer policy implications for improving inter-regional carbon reduction synergy and low-carbon economic transformation.
AB - How to improve carbon emission efficiency (CEE) to achieve sustainable economic development has triggered contemplation among society and policy-makers. Previous studies have confirmed that e-commerce development can reduce local carbon emissions, but the impact of e-commerce development on CEE is unclear. This paper investigates the impact of e-commerce development on CEE and its spatial spillover effect using Chinese city-level panel data, taking the National E-commerce Demonstration City (NEDC) policy as a quasi-natural experiment. Results show that the NEDC policy significantly improves local CEE by promoting industrial structure upgrading, green technology innovation, and improving energy efficiency. The influence is more pronounced in regions with inadequate information infrastructure, unfavorable business environment, and limited marketization. However, the NEDC policy has a negative spatial spillover effect, reducing surrounding cities’ CEE. The findings unveil the complicated impact of e-commerce development on CEE and offer policy implications for improving inter-regional carbon reduction synergy and low-carbon economic transformation.
KW - Carbon emission efficiency
KW - E-commerce development
KW - NEDC policy
KW - Spatial spillover effect
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85189977110&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eap.2024.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.eap.2024.04.009
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85189977110
SN - 2204-2296
VL - 82
SP - 586
EP - 603
JO - Economic Analysis and Policy
JF - Economic Analysis and Policy
ER -
