Influence of Digital Technology on Logistics Efficiency of Yangtze River Economic Belt
The development of logistics industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt is facing challenges such as long transportation distance,large cargo flow and accelerated optimization of transportation modes,and the development of digital technology in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has gradually become the key to solve the above problems,improve logistics efficiency and reduce logistics costs.Based on the panel data of 11 provinces/cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2013 to 2022,we constructed the DEA-BCC model and DEA-Malmquist index model to conduct an empirical analysis of the static and dynamic trend of logistics efficiency of the provinces/cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt respectively.Also,we used the Tobit model to study the impact of digital technology on the logistics efficiency of the Yangtze River Econom-ic Belt from the aspects of digital technology infrastructure and its application.The result shows that(1)there are significant differences between pure technical efficiency and scale effi-ciency of logistics in the upper,middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.Logistics scale efficiency shows a decreasing trend from the lower reaches to the upper reaches,and the average value of logistics scale efficiency in the lower reaches is the highest,indicating that the lower reaches has significant-ly higher overall logistics efficiency than the upper and middle reaches.(2)The comprehensive logistics efficiency shows a fluctuating downward trend from the lower reaches to the upper reaches,with the lower reaches performing the best,and the upper reaches relatively poor due to the limitation of geographical conditions.(3)Digital technology has significant impact on the comprehensive efficiency of the logistics industry.The increase in cable line length and software business revenue helps improve logistics efficiency,however the in-crease in the capacity of mobile phone switches has negative impact on logistics efficiency.Therefore,we should increase the investment in communication infrastructure in the Yangtze River Economic Belt,pro-mote the deep integration of the digital technology and the logistics industry,and pay attention to the ratio-nality of resource allocation,so as to improve the comprehensive efficiency of the logistics industry.Our study can not only enrich the research on logistics efficiency and digital technology application in the-ory,but also provide empirical basis and policy reference for the digital transformation of the logistics indus-try in practice.The research results will help improve the competitiveness of the logistics industry,promote the overall upgrading of the logistics industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt,and facilitate the coordi-nated development of regional economy.
Yangtze River Economic Beltdigital technologylogistics efficiencyDEA-Tobit
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