Green technology innovations, urban innovation environment and CO2 emission reduction in China: Fresh evidence from a partially linear functional-coefficient panel model

• Published in: Technological forecasting & social change Vol. 176; p. 121434
• Main Authors: Lin, Boqiang, Ma, Ruiyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.03.2022; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Cities; Clean technology; CO2 emissions; Developing countries; Economic development; Economic growth; Economic models; Emissions control; Environment; Governance; Government; Green technology innovations; Human capital; Innovations; LDCs; Panel data; Partially linear functional-coefficient models; Technological change; Technology; Urban areas; Urban innovation environment; China; Green technology innovations; CO2 emissions; Urban innovation environment; Partially linear functional-coefficient models
• ISSN: 0040-1625; 1873-5509
• DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121434

•We use a partially linear function-coefficient model to explore the nonlinear moderating effect of the urban innovation environment on the impact of green technology innovation on carbon dioxide emissions.•There are heterogeneous impacts of green technology innovations on CO2 emissions in different...