Industrial Structure Upgrading, Green Total Factor Productivity and Carbon Emissions

Carbon emission reduction is becoming a global issue. Methods of reducing carbon emissions in developing countries have become a hot topic of discussion. Based on the obvious structural transformation in developing countries, this paper discusses the logical mechanisms among industrial structure upg...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-01, Vol.14 (2), p.1009
Main Authors: Yang, Yize, Wei, Xiujian, Wei, Jie, Gao, Xiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Carbon dioxide
Decomposition
Developing countries
Economic development
Economic growth
Emission analysis
Emissions
Energy consumption
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Industrial development
LDCs
Per capita
Population
Productivity
R&D
Research & development
Sustainability
Trends
Urbanization
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Summary:Carbon emission reduction is becoming a global issue. Methods of reducing carbon emissions in developing countries have become a hot topic of discussion. Based on the obvious structural transformation in developing countries, this paper discusses the logical mechanisms among industrial structure upgrading, green total factor productivity improvements, and carbon emission reduction. In addition, this paper empirically tests these relationships with provincial data from 2000 to 2017 in China. The conclusions are as follows: (1) industrial structure upgrades have a significant impact on carbon emissions. The industrial structure rationalization remains a noteworthy inhibition on carbon emissions. The industrial structure’s advancement has obvious features of development at the current stage, and its effect on carbon emissions shows an inverted “V” trend, which is initially accelerating but then restraining. (2) Upgrades to industrial structures will decrease carbon emissions by raising green total factor productivity. (3) The rise of green total factor productivity in a certain region will have a relatively obvious inhibitory effect on carbon emissions, but it will exhibit a negative spatial spillover effect on the adjacent areas.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14021009