Empirical analysis of the impact of the digital economy on the green transformation of manufacturing: Evidence from China

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 8; p. e0289968
• Main Authors: Jia, Chunjie, Shang, Meng, Cao, Junwei, Liu, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 23.08.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Big Data; Carbon dioxide; Computer and Information Sciences; Digital economy; Digital technology; Digitization; Economic aspects; Economic development; Economics; Effects; Efficiency; Empirical analysis; Energy consumption; Entropy; Environmental aspects; Environmental effects; Environmental regulations; Genetic transformation; Green technology; Health aspects; Hypotheses; Impact analysis; Information technology; Manufacturing; Mediation; Modelling; Multidimensional methods; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Productivity; Properties; Research & development expenditures; Research and Analysis Methods; Research methodology; Robustness (mathematics); Social Sciences; Supply chains; Sustainable development; Technological change; Transformations; China

In this study, the entropy method and the Super-SBM model with unexpected output are used at first to calculate the digital economy development index and the level of green transformation in manufacturing. Then, a range of multi-dimensional empirical methods, including fixed effects models, threshol...