Information consumption city and carbon emission efficiency: Evidence from China's quasi-natural experiment

The transformation of public consumption patterns has become a burning question, but there are few studies on public consumption patterns. Therefore, evaluating the impact of Information consumption city (ICC) policy on carbon emission efficiency holds significant implications. This study settles on...

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Published in:	Environmental research Vol. 255; p. 119182
Main Authors:	Liu, Xujun, Luo, Yuanqing, Guo, Shengtie, Yang, Xiangyang, Chen, Shiru
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Inc 15-08-2024
Subjects:	Air Pollutants - analysis Air Pollution - analysis Air Pollution - prevention & control Carbon - analysis Carbon emission efficiency China Cities Difference-in-Difference model Environmental Monitoring - methods Environmental Policy Information consumption city Mechanism identification Urbanization China Mechanism identification Information consumption city Difference-in-Difference model Carbon emission efficiency
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Summary:	The transformation of public consumption patterns has become a burning question, but there are few studies on public consumption patterns. Therefore, evaluating the impact of Information consumption city (ICC) policy on carbon emission efficiency holds significant implications. This study settles on 104 pilot cities in China from 2006 to 2020 to assess the impact and the response mechanism of ICC policy on carbon emission efficiency through the time-vary Difference-in-Difference (DID) model. The result shows that: (1) ICC policy significantly promotes the local carbon emission efficiency, which remains robust after a battery of sensitivity tests. (2) It improves carbon emission efficiency through production factors agglomeration effect, industrial structural changing effect, innovation promotion effect, and environmental attention effect; (3) The direct impact of ICC policy on carbon emission efficiency varies across regions with different information consumption and carbon emission base. (4) ICC can improve carbon emission efficiency through the joint implementation of smart city (SC), new urbanization (NU), ecological civilization city construction (EC), Belt and Road Initiative (BR), Broadband China (BC), low-carbon city pilot policy (LCC), and air quality standards (AQS) policy. •Explore the impact of information consumption pilot policies on carbon emission efficiency.•Identify the linkage effects of different policies.•The heterogeneity and transmission mechanism of environmental effects of information consumption pilot policies are analyzed.
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ISSN:	0013-9351 1096-0953
DOI:	10.1016/j.envres.2024.119182