Jabbar Ul-HaqHubert VisasMuhlis CanQazi Muhammad Adnan Hye...
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查看更多>>摘要：A country's ability to create complex goods and diversify its lines of products is essential for addressing all types of vulnerabilities.Quantifying a country's vulnerability to extreme climatic events,such as droughts,su-perstorms,and other natural disasters,and its capacity for successful adaption,is an essential global need that has been ignored.This study examines the role of economic fitness(EF)in addressing climate change risk ex-posure in BRICS countries in the context of the environmental Kuznets curve using panel data from 1995 to 2015.Panel threshold methodology is employed to ascertain the nonlinear relationship between EF and cli-mate change risk exposure(i.e.,Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative Country Index(ND-GAIN)).In addi-tion,empirical associations were estimated using panel-corrected standard errors,Driscoll-Kraay standard er-rors,and feasible generalized least squares estimation techniques.These findings demonstrated an inverted N-shaped link between EF and ND-GAIN.Moreover,even after controlling for significant ND-GAIN influencing variables such as gross domestic product per capita,financial development,and urbanization,our robustness checks revealed significant and consistent findings.
查看更多>>摘要：The national independent innovation demonstration zone(NIIDZ)is an independent innovation policy that plays a crucial role in implementing strategies.Given the importance of the NIIDZ,this study uses panel data of 278 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2020 and empirically examines the effect and internal mechanism of the NIIDZ on green economic efficiency(GEE)using the difference-in-difference model(DID).The results show that the NIIDZ effectively enhances the growth of GEE,and the results remain valid through several robustness tests,such as year-by-year propensity score matching.The transmission mechanism sug-gests that the NIIDZ indirectly drives GEE by accelerating scientific and technological investment,promoting talent concentration,and optimizing the industrial structure.Moreover,heterogeneity analysis reveals that the promotion effect of the NIIDZ on GEE is more prominent in the eastern region and high green development level areas.The study's findings can serve as a reference for China to further utilize the policy effectiveness of the NIIDZ and accelerate the high-quality development of the green economy in the future.
查看更多>>摘要：This study explored the factors influencing cooperative innovation in environmentally friendly agricultural biotechnology in China.First,we constructed an evolutionary game model comprising the factors of net in-come of cooperative innovation,net income of independent innovation,market constraints,and government subsidies.Using MATLAB simulation,we assigned different values to the aforementioned variables to explore the evolutionary trend of innovators'willingness to cooperate.Results showed that when the values of net in-come of cooperative innovation,net income of independent innovation,market constraints,and government subsidies exceeded the threshold,innovators'willingness to cooperate was significantly enhanced.Further-more,the proportion of innovators who cooperated with others gradually increased to 100%;otherwise,it gradually decreased to 0%.Comparing the simulation curve with the real evolution curve of cooperative inno-vation in agricultural biotechnology in China,we found that the gradual decline in the willingness to cooper-ate could be due to insufficient subsidies for cooperative innovation,low income from cooperative innovation,weak profitability of innovators,and weak market constraints.
查看更多>>摘要：Enhancing the economic resilience of agriculture is essential for promoting sustainable and high-quality agri-cultural development.The emergence of digital technology has created new opportunities in this field.How-ever,existing research predominantly focuses on traditional agricultural factors and technologies.Therefore,the impact of digital technology on agricultural economic resilience within the broader context of the"production-operation-industry"system in agriculture has not been comprehensively explored.To bridge this gap,this study analyzes panel data from 30 Chinese provinces from 2011 to 2020.It employs the static Van Dorn's law and a dynamic spatial panel model to examine how digital technology empowers agricultural resil-ience.The findings indicate a continuous strengthening of digital technology development in China,albeit with significant polarization and spatial imbalances.Moreover,the resilience of the agricultural economy un-dergoes notable fluctuations,initially narrowing and subsequently displaying an upward trend.Digital technol-ogy clearly plays a pivotal role in empowering resilience through agricultural scale operation,industrial trans-formation,and technological progress.Its impact,particularly on the promotion of resilience in the eastern re-gion and non-grain-producing areas and on high-level agricultural economies,also shows regional and techno-logical variations.
查看更多>>摘要：China is experiencing rapid population aging.The one contributing factor affecting senior citizens'lives is the disconnect between the built environment in urban and rural areas and the behavioral preferences of older adults.However,research on the relation between the built environment and the behavior of older individuals has been limited.Thus,this paper uses the most recent health tracking data on factors influencing aging in China released in 2020(China Senior Health Survey Tracking Survey).Applying traditional regression,least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression,and two decision tree optimization models from machine learning,a comprehensive comparative study is carried out to investigate the correlation between the built en-vironment and the physical activity,dietary habits,and social interactions of older age groups.The findings re-veal that built environment variables most significantly impact physical activity,accounting for 52.525%,fol-lowed by social interaction behaviors at 50.202%and dietary intake at 47.991%.Furthermore,the authors identify population density and greenness rate as the built environment factors having considerable effects on the behavior of older adults.Thus,this study establishes a theoretical foundation for developing age-friendly community environments for older adults.
查看更多>>摘要：Transportation infrastructure is crucial to China's economic growth because it substantially contributes to the holistic development of rural primary,secondary,and tertiary industries.This study innovatively examines transportation infrastructure and urbanization levels to explore,both theoretically and empirically,their rela-tionship with the holistic development of primary,secondary,and tertiary industries in rural China,and the mediating role of urbanization on this relationship.We employed fixed-effects models,the entropy weight ap-proach,mixed regression,and generalized method of moments to analyze the data of 30 provinces across China from 2013 to 2020.The results indicate that the construction of transportation infrastructure directly fosters the collective advancement of such industries in rural areas and that urbanization partially mediates the transportation infrastructure-rural industry integration relationship.However,the western region shows disparities in the integrated development of these sectors.Further analysis reveals that foreign investments am-plify the positive influence of transportation infrastructure on rural industry integration.Essentially,the en-hancement of rural transportation infrastructure,promotion of urbanization,implementation of strategic plan-ning,and strengthening of support mechanisms are crucial aspects in the comprehensive development of rural industries and the achievement of rural revitalization in China.
查看更多>>摘要：As a unique environmental regulation in China,the official accountability audit was piloted in 2014.With a fo-cus on prioritizing the ecological environment,officials in pilot districts have implemented economic construc-tion,adjusted industrial structures,and promoted coordinated development between the economy and envi-ronment.The effects of implementation have garnered widespread attention from society.However,there is limited research on the impact of an accountability audit on industrial structure adjustments.Using the"Ac-countability Audit of Officials for Natural Resource Assets(Trial)"released in 2015 as a quasi-natural experi-ment,this study collected panel data from 279 cities between 2013 and 2017.It then empirically analyzed the impact mechanism and effects of the accountability audit on industrial structure adjustment using the Propen-sity Score Matching and Difference-in-Differences model.The research findings indicate that the accountabil-ity audit directly impacted industrial structure adjustment,promoting the upgrading of the primary industry to the secondary industry and restricting the development of the tertiary industry.In addition,the audit is ben-eficial for enterprise entry,but not conducive to technological innovation,and has no significant impact on foreign direct investment.This conclusion fills a gap in the existing research and provides valuable insights for policymakers.
查看更多>>摘要：Maintaining moderate economic growth targets(EGTs)is the key for local governments to effectively imple-ment the"carbon peak and carbon neutrality"goals under the refreshed development pattern.Utilizing panel data of 276 prefecture-level cities in mainland China from 2010 to 2020,and employing methods such as in-termediary and threshold models,this study empirically analyzes the internal mechanism of EGT's impact on urban carbon productivity(UCP).Our findings demonstrate that:① The overall EGT during the analyzed pe-riod is not conducive to improving UCP.This conclusion remains valid after a series of robustness tests.This effect is more pronounced in the central region and resource-based cities than in the east-west region and non-resource-based cities.② EGT not only directly suppresses UCP but also exerts indirect negative impacts on UCP from three aspects:delaying the digital economy(DE),constraining financial expansion(FE),and hinder-ing green technology innovation(GTI).This negative indirect effect is similar to or even surpasses the direct effect,suggesting that the internal relationship between EGT and"dual-carbon"goals should be re-evaluated from a new compound perspective.③ EGT not only has a simple linear impact on UCP but also significantly exhibits a dynamic evolution pattern in inverted"U"shape.That is,as EGT continuously upgrades,a nonlin-ear impact on UCP emerges in the form of"promoting first,suppressing later".This indicates that surpassing the"degree"limit for EGT will be detrimental to the improvement of UCP.This study broadens the scope of carbon productivity analysis by introducing a new perspective centered on EGT.The insights gleaned from this research offer valuable guidance for local governments to effectively manage economic growth expecta-tions and promote the synchronized achievement of dual-carbon objectives.
查看更多>>摘要：To address air pollution and offer a convenient and comfortable living environment,the Chinese government launched a smart city pilot(SCP)project in 2012,accompanied by a comprehensive set of environmental and energy-related laws and regulations.Although academic interest in smart cities has surged,there remains a no-table gap in empirical research exploring the economic,environmental,and energy effects of such initiatives.Taking 232 prefecture-level cities from 2003 to 2017 as research subjects,this study measures energy effi-ciency by using energy consumption per unit of GDP and adopts a difference-in-differences(DID)analysis to investigate the impact of SCPs on energy efficiency.The empirical results indicate that SCPs improved energy efficiency by promoting urban technological innovation capabilities and green total factor productivity,and this effect was more pronounced in cities that were more dependent on traditional fossil fuel energy sources and had more developed fiscal and financial levels.Studying the impact of smart city construction on energy utilization efficiency in developing countries,such as China,is not only significantly enlightening for China's green and low-carbon transition but also provides reference opinions for constructing smart cities and the path to enhancing energy efficiency in other developing countries.The findings provide valuable insights into the global development of smart cities,urban sustainability,and high-quality economic growth.
查看更多>>摘要：Recycling is viewed as a key component in a circular economy and serves as an ideal solution for promoting sustainability.During the global plastic crisis,plastic recycling practices have been adopted worldwide,lead-ing to the production of various products made from recycled plastics(PRP).Nevertheless,a gap persists be-tween consumption and demand for such products,which is primarily attributed to a lack of comprehension from the consumer perspective.Given the pivotal role consumers play in the adoption of these products,this study explores consumers'intentions to purchase PRP.This is particularly significant in Vietnam,which is an emerging economy aspiring to achieve the objectives of a circular economy and sustainable development.Uti-lizing an integrated cognitive-emotional framework comprising the Valence Theory and the Norm Activation Model,data from 564 Vietnamese students were gathered and analyzed using structural equation modeling.The results show that awareness of consequences is a major driver of consumer purchase intentions,followed by perceived ease of application and monetary incentives.The results also indicate that health concerns have the strongest effect on purchase intention and in the negative side,meaning that the health-related risk is the primary concern for consumers during the decision-making process.This research holds substantial value for academics and managers,as it aids in the theoretical exploration and the formulation of strategies to improve consumer acceptance of PRP.
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