The Impact of Digital Economy Development on Carbon Emissions: A Multi-dimensional Study Based on Threshold Effect

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10.2991/978-94-6463-198-2_127How to use a DOI?

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digital economy; carbon emission; industrial structure; threshold effect; digital industry; entropy weight method

Abstract

The digital economy has provided a strong traction role for China’s pursuit of high-quality economic development and offers a significant chance for low-carbon transition. This research employs the threshold model to experimentally assess the association between the growth level of the digital economy and carbon emissions using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces collected between 2013 and 2020, and analyzes the possible threshold variables. The results show that the impact of development level of digital economy on carbon emissions is not linear. The level of industrial structure development will determine the relationship between the growth of the digital economy and carbon emissions, with industrial structure having a single threshold effect. Meanwhile, since digital economy is a multi-dimensional concept, different dimensions of digital economy have different impacts on carbon emissions. So its effect cannot be generalized. Specifically, the effect of digital economy in the dimension of digital industrialization on carbon emissions with the development of industrial structure presents an inverted U shape.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zeyu Li
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/08/10
TI  - The Impact of Digital Economy Development on Carbon Emissions: A Multi-dimensional Study Based on Threshold Effect
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Academic Conference on Blockchain, Information Technology and Smart Finance (ICBIS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1229
EP  - 1243
SN  - 2589-4900
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-198-2_127
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-198-2_127
ID  - Li2023
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