Analysis of industrial eco-efficiency and its influencing factors in China
- PDF / 1,579,530 Bytes
- 16 Pages / 595.276 x 790.866 pts Page_size
- 3 Downloads / 194 Views
ORIGINAL PAPER
Analysis of industrial eco‑efficiency and its influencing factors in China Yong Zhou1,2 · Zhiying Liu1 · Shidong Liu3 · Mingchun Chen4 · Xiaolu Zhang2 · Yong Wang2 Received: 13 April 2020 / Accepted: 6 September 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Industry is the largest sector for energy consumption and pollution emissions in China. Thus, improving industrial ecoefficiency is necessary for China to achieve sustainable development. Based on panel data from 31 industrial sectors from 2001 to 2015, a three-stage data envelopment analysis model was used to empirically explore industrial eco-efficiency and its influencing factors from the perspective of industrial heterogeneity. The results show that the overall level of industrial eco-efficiency in China is not high, first declining and then rising during the study period. Low eco-efficiency was mainly due to low scale efficiency. After removing the influences of external environmental factors and noise, industry profit rates, ownership structures, and foreign direct investments were all significantly and positively correlated with eco-efficiency. Environmental regulations were significantly and negatively correlated, while the intensity of research and development exhibited no linear relationship. Industrial heterogeneity significantly affects eco-efficiency. Capital-intensive industries had the highest eco-efficiencies, followed by resource-intensive industries and labor-intensive industries, respectively. Graphic abstract Comparison of technical efficiency (TE) before and after adjustment on a panel of 31 industries in China from 2001 to 2015. 0.550 0.500 0.450 0.400 0.350 0.300 0.250
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
before adjustment
a er dajustment
Keywords Eco-efficiency · Industrial heterogeneity · DEA model · Capital intensity · Environmental economics
Introduction Since the industrial revolution, rapid economic and societal development have caused environmental problems, which have become increasingly serious over time. Industry is the main source of energy consumption and Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-01943-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Zhiying Liu [email protected] Extended author information available on the last page of the article
carbon emissions. According to recent analysis, the energy consumption of the industrial sector accounts for 36% of all energy consumption worldwide and industrial carbon emissions account for ~ 35% of global carbon emissions (Crijns et al. 2020). With the extensive use of fossil fuels, the discharge of wastewater and waste gas has increased rapidly, and the environment continues to deteriorate. Thus, coordinating sustainable industrial development and environmental protection has become an urgent global concern. Since the reform and re-opening of China, remarkable achievements have been made in
Data Loading...
