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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A Research on the Development of Digital Economy
on Green Total Factor Productivity Changes
1
Urumqi Vocational University, China
2
Hua Xia Bank Co., Limited, China
Submission date: 2023-09-14
Final revision date: 2023-12-30
Acceptance date: 2024-05-18
Online publication date: 2024-09-05
Publication date: 2025-04-04
Corresponding author
Li Honghan
Nanyang, Henanprovince, Senior Economist, Hubei Financial Collaboration Center of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China
Nanyang, Henanprovince, Senior Economist, Hubei Financial Collaboration Center of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):3497-3510
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ABSTRACT
The transformation of China’s economic development mode depends on the high-quality development
of the digital economy industry, and the proposal of the concept of green development provides a new
direction for promoting the digital economy to promote the upgrading of China’s industrial structure.
Based on the data of 290 prefecture-level cities in China from 2011 to 2018, this paper analyzes the
impact of digital economy development on green total factor productivity (GTFP) through the fixed
effect model. The results show that the development of the digital economy significantly promotes
GTFP, and the results are still valid after a series of robustness tests. The development of the digital
economy has heterogeneous effects on GTFP, especially in the central and western regions, regions with
a low productivity index, and regions with a low industrial structure level. This study provides a useful
reference for cities to use the digital economy to promote the development of green economies.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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