MODELLING TECHNOLOGICAL BIAS AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH: A CASE STUDY OF CHINA’S THREE URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS
The technological progress in favor of energy conservation and emission reduction will help increase green total factor productivity and thus mitigate China’s environmental problems. This study adopts the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the total factor productivity (TFP) index of the Chi...
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Published in | Technological and economic development of economy Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 135 - 164 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Vilnius
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
01.01.2020
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Summary: | The technological progress in favor of energy conservation and emission reduction will
help increase green total factor productivity and thus mitigate China’s environmental problems. This
study adopts the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the total factor productivity (TFP)
index of the Chinese three urban agglomerations from 2005 to 2014, and the reasons for its changes
are also analyzed. Furthermore, the biases of technological progress from two perspectives of inputs
and outputs (including the undersirable output, measured by CO2 emissions) are estimated. Main
results are: (i) During the sample period, the TFP of the three urban agglomerations continues to
increase, and the main driving force is technological change. (ii) From the perspective of inputs, the
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei prefers to use electricity, whereas the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River
Delta urban agglomerations tend to use capital and save labor. (iii) From the perspective of outputs,
the technological progress of the three major urban agglomerations is significantly biased toward
GDP with a slight difference among the three urban agglomerations, which means its technological
progress is conducive to reduce CO2 intensity, symbolizing low carbon development. From this
point of view, their economic growth shows a low-carbon trend. |
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ISSN: | 2029-4913 2029-4921 |
DOI: | 10.3846/tede.2020.11329 |