Study on the Effect of Environmental Regulation on the Green Total Factor Productivity of Logistics Industry from the Perspective of Low Carbon

Under the low-carbon background, with the aid of the Malmquist–Luenberger SBM (Slack-based Measure) model of unexpected output, the green total factor productivity (GTFP) of the logistics industry in Jiangsu Province, China, was measured and decomposed in this study based on the reality and experien...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 175
Main Authors Liang, Zijing, Chiu, Yung-ho, Li, Xinchun, Guo, Quan, Yun, Yue
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2020
Subjects
Carbon
Cost reduction
Data envelopment analysis
Economic development
Efficiency
Energy consumption
Environmental effects
Environmental regulations
Freight forwarding
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Industrial development
Pollutants
Productivity
Resource consumption
Reverse logistics
Supply chains
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Urbanization
China
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Summary:Under the low-carbon background, with the aid of the Malmquist–Luenberger SBM (Slack-based Measure) model of unexpected output, the green total factor productivity (GTFP) of the logistics industry in Jiangsu Province, China, was measured and decomposed in this study based on the reality and experience of logistics industry development in 13 cities in three regions of Jiangsu Province in the years 2006–2018 by taking resource consumption into the input system and discharged pollutants into the output system. It is concluded that the environmental regulation (ER) has a significant positive effect on the growth of the GTFP of the logistics industry, and technological progress has become an important endogenous force that promotes the GTFP of the logistics industry in Jiangsu Province. On this basis, a dynamic GMM (Generalized method of moment) model and a Tobit model were constructed to further study the possible temporal and spatial effects of ER on the GTFP of the logistics industry. The research results reveal that the ER can exert both promoting and inhibitory effects on the GTFP of the logistics industry, and there is a temporal turning point for the effects. Besides, the effects notably differ spatially and temporally. Finally, some policies and advice for the green sustainable development of the logistics industry were proposed. For example, the government and enterprises should pay attention to the green and efficient development of the logistics industry and dynamically adjust the ER methods. They should consider the greening of both forward logistics links and reverse logistics system in the supply chain.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12010175