The Impact of Digital Economy Development on Carbon Emission Efficiency in the Logistics Industry

Lingjian Meng

doi:10.54097/xyn3kf63

Authors

Lingjian Meng

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/xyn3kf63

Keywords:

Digital Economy, Carbon Emission Efficiency in Logistics, Two-way Fixed Effect Model

Abstract

The digital economy has become an important engine of economic change, which has a complex impact on the carbon emission efficiency of the logistics industry. This study takes the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2012 to 2021 as samples, measures the carbon emission efficiency of the logistics industry and the development level of the digital economy in each province by applying the super-efficiency SBM model and entropy value method, and constructs a two-way fixed-effects model to investigate the impact of the development of the digital economy on the carbon emission efficiency of the logistics industry. The results of the study show that the level of China's digital economy development shows a significant growth trend, and there are obvious differences between provinces and regions; the digital economy has a "U" curve effect on the carbon emission efficiency of the logistics industry, which first decreases and then increases. The carbon emission efficiency of the logistics industry is a wind vane for the green development of the logistics industry. Through the empirical analysis of the digital economy on the carbon emission efficiency, the U-shaped relationship between the digital economy and the carbon emission efficiency of the logistics industry has been clarified, which can help to guide the digital economy to serve the logistics industry, and play the role of a scientific reference for the government to grasp the overall situation of the carbon emission efficiency of China's logistics industry. The study will help to guide the digital economy to serve the logistics industry and provide a scientific reference for the government to grasp the overall situation of carbon emission efficiency in China's logistics industry.

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