Digital economy, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions: Evidence from provincial panel data in China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 852; p. 158403
• Main Authors: Zhang, Lu, Mu, Renyan, Zhan, Yuanfang, Yu, Jiahong, Liu, Liyi, Yu, Yongsheng, Zhang, Jixin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.12.2022
• Subjects: carbon; Carbon emissions; Carbon neutrality; China; Digital economy; economic development; Energy efficiency; environment; Mediating effect; population size; Threshold effect; threshold models; China; Energy efficiency; Threshold effect; Carbon neutrality; Digital economy; Carbon emissions; Mediating effect

Improving energy efficiency and lowering carbon emissions are of great importance to realize the “dual carbon” goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Digital economy is a new engine of economic development, but whether or how it affects energy efficiency and carbon emissions are unclear. Utilizi...