Digital Economy Empowerment,Dual-carbon Development Performance and Regional Coordination Effect
As a new engine for green and low-carbon development,the digital economy plays an im-portant role in realizing the targets of carbon peak and carbon neutrality.This paper measures the digital economy and dual-carbon development performance of 248 cities at prefecture level and above in China from 2011 to 2020 by the entropy method,empirically examines the impact of the digital economy on dual-carbon development performance,the internal mechanism and the regional coordination effect.The re-sults show that:① The digital economy and dual-carbon development performance have been increasing year by year,with serious regional imbalance;② The digital economy can significantly improve the dual-carbon development performance,especially the development foundation and low-carbon status dimen-sions;③ The intermediate mechanism shows that the digital economy improves the dual-carbon develop-ment performance by accelerating green technology innovation,optimizing industrial structure and promo-ting human capital accumulation.The moderating mechanism shows that government intervention weakens the impact of digital economy on dual-carbon development performance;④ The digital economy is more effective in improving the dual-carbon development performance in regions with a good foundation for dual-carbon development,low pressure on dual-control of carbon emissions,low resource endowment,high development level,and strong policy support,as well as in non-old industrial bases and the eastern and central regions;⑤ The digital economy significantly narrows the gap of dual-carbon development,and promotes the regional coordinated development.This paper provides the empirical evidences and policy im-plications for realizing the targets of carbon peak and carbon neutrality.
Digital economyDual-carbon development performanceRegional coordination
万方数据
维普
