Dynamically evaluating the comprehensive efficiency of technological innovation and low-carbon economy in China's industrial sectors. (April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jin, Baoling; Han, Ying; Kou, Po
• Is Part Of: Socio-economic planning sciences. Number 86(2023)
• Publication Date: 2023-04
• Subjects: Two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model -- DEA window analysis -- Technological innovation efficiency -- Low-carbon economy efficiency -- Comprehensive efficiency of technological innovation and low-carbon economy; Planning -- Periodicals; Economic policy -- Periodicals; Social policy -- Periodicals; Planification -- Périodiques; Politique économique -- Périodiques; Politique sociale -- Périodiques; ECONOMIC PLANNING; SOCIAL PLANNING; DECISION-MAKING; 361
• DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2022.101480
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0038-0121

Abstract

Abstract: Technological innovation and low-carbon economy are significant for the high-quality development of China's industrial sectors. However, few scholars combine the two stages closely and discuss their coordinated development. This paper establishes an evaluation index system of technological innovation and low-carbon economy in China's industrial sectors. The technological innovation efficiency, low-carbon economy efficiency, and comprehensive efficiency of technological innovation and low-carbon economy are dynamically investigated by the two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model and the DEA window analysis with 35 subsectors panel data during 1996–2018. The inter-industrial differences in the technological innovation efficiency and low-carbon economy efficiency are considered, and the influencing factors of the comprehensive efficiency of technological innovation and low-carbon economy are studied by the bootstrap truncation regression. The results show that: (1) The development of the technological innovation and low-carbon economy is uncoordinated, and the low-carbon economy efficiency needs improvement; (2) There is heterogeneous of the technological innovation efficiency and low-carbon economy efficiency in the 35 subsectors; (3) The density of science and technology institutions, and the average enterprises scale are positive to the comprehensive efficiency of technological innovation and low-carbon economy, while excessive reliance on technology introduction has a negative impaction. The corresponding suggestions are provided for promoting technological innovation efficiency and low-carbon economy efficiency of industrial sectors. Highlights: Establishing an evaluation index system of technological innovation and low-carbon economy in China's industrial sectors. The coordinated development of technological innovation and low-carbon economy is noticeable. The affecting factors of comprehensive efficiency of technological innovation and low-carbon economy are studied. Exploring the win-win path of industrial growth and energy conservation and emission reduction.