On Urban Trade Openness and Carbon Emissions:A Test Based on Mediating and Spatial Models
Based on the panel data consisting of 282 cities at prefecture level and above in China from 2011 to 2019,the impact of urban trade openness on carbon emissions is empirically investigated by using two-way fixed effects model,mediating effect model,and spatial Durbin model.The study finds that trade openness can reduce carbon emissions through structural effects,but also increase carbon emissions through scale technology effects;from the perspective of geographic location,trade openness in the central region significantly reduces local carbon emissions through structural effects,while trade openness in the eastern region increases carbon emissions;from the perspective of spatial spillover,trade openness increases the carbon emissions of the region and the neighboring regions.In view of this,the eastern region needs to pay more attention to the carbon emission problem and trade development on the basis of development,so as to achieve energy conservation and emission reduction and foreign trade development in parallel,while the central region needs to vigorously develop foreign trade economy under the situation of maintaining the original trade structure.
trade opennesscarbon emissionmediating effectentropy weight methodSpatial Dubin Model
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