Green productivity growth and competition analysis of road transportation at the provincial level employing Global Malmquist-Luenberger Index approach. (10th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Hongwei; Yang, Ronglu; Wu, Dongdong; Zhou, Zhixiang
• Is Part Of: Journal of cleaner production. Volume 279(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-01-10
• Subjects: Green productivity -- Road transportation -- Technological progress -- Efficiency change -- Competition analysis -- Global malmquist-Luenberger index; Factory and trade waste -- Management -- Periodicals; Manufactures -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Déchets industriels -- Gestion -- Périodiques; Usines -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; 628.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123677
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-6526

Abstract

Abstract: Road transportation has been playing an irreplaceable role in the process of pursuing sustainable development. This study employs a Global Malmquist-Luenberger Index approach to evaluate the green productivity growth of this industry at the provincial level based on the Data Envelopment Analysis and Directional Distance Function. Further, it decomposes green productivity growth into changes in various types of efficiency and technological progress. Finally, this study structures a novel quadrant matrix analysis framework based on the green productivity growth rate and stability, using the matrix to analyze the performance of provincial road transportation industries. This analysis results show that: (1) a fluctuating and slowly upward trend of green productivity over time exists; (2) at the regional level, the road transportation industries in Western and Central China achieved green productivity growth because of the catch-up effect and the economies of scale, respectively; (3) the green productivity in China's Eastern area (the most developed area) declined, giving opportunities for improvement in both technology and efficiency; and (4) the southeast coast and border provinces showed large fluctuations in terms of green productivity of road transportation because of the impact of foreign trade environment. Implications for transportation system planning are provided based on the results. Highlights: Utilized DEA based approach to measure the green productivity growth of road transportation. Structured a novel quadrant matrix analysis framework to analyze the performance of regional road transportation industries. Decomposed green productivity growth into various types of efficiency changes and technological progress. Used the Global Malmquist-Luenberger Index to discover both temporal and spatial variations in green productivity.