1. Differentiation Analysis on Carbon Emission Efficiency and Its Factors at Different Industrialization Stages: Evidence from Mainland China.
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Wei L and Wang Z
- Subjects
- Industry, Economic Development, China, Efficiency, Carbon Dioxide analysis, Industrial Development, Carbon analysis
- Abstract
Industrial production is currently the main source of global carbon emissions. There are obvious differences in regional carbon emission efficiencies ( CEE ) at different industrial stages. We investigate CEE and explore its factors in mainland China at different industrialization stages from 2008-2020 using the super-SBM model with an undesirable output and the STIRPAT model. There is significant spatial heterogeneity in regional CEE , with gaps gradually widening. CEE 's spatial heterogeneity in mid-industrialized provinces is narrowing, while in late-industrialized and post-industrialized provinces, it is widening. CEE 's factors also differ in provinces at different industrialization stages. At the mid-industrialization stage, the industrial structure ( IS ) is the dominant factor, while population urbanization ( PU ) is dominant at the late-industrialization stage, and both PU and IS are dominant at the post-industrialization stage. Based on CEE 's characteristics at different industrialization stages, we propose suggestions for green development.
- Published
- 2022
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