Review article
https://doi.org/10.18045/zbefri.2016.1.215
Study on the green total factor productivity in main cities of China
Jiansheng Zhang
; College of Finance and Economics, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing, China
Wei Tan
; College of Public Management, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing, China
Abstract
The aim of this research is to investigate China’s urban green total factor
productivity (TFP) under the background of progressing urbanization and
intensifying environmental pollution, and found out its main influencing factors. In
this paper, green TFP of 285 prefecture-level cities in China from 2005 to 2012
was estimated through Malmquist productivity index. Results showed that the
annual growth of green TFP in main cities in China is 3.5% and the overall growth
declines gradually. Viewed from decomposition of green TFP, technical progress is
the main contributor of green TFP growth. Furthermore, the northern coastal
region has achieved the highest annual growth of green TFP (4.5%) and the
northwest region achieved the lowest growth of green TFP (1.24%), indicating the
great regional differences of green TFP and economic growth quality in China.
According to analysis on influencing factors of green TFP in main cities, it has
been concluded that per-capita urban road area, number of Internet users,
proportion of fiscal expenditures, environmental regulation level and technical
input are significantly positively correlated with green TFP, while industrial
structure and foreign direct investment (FDI) are significantly negatively
correlated. Finally, policy suggestions to improve urban green TFP in China were proposed.
Keywords
Green total factor productivity; Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index; directional distance function; China
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160961
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Publication date:
27.6.2016.
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