The heterogeneous effects of different technological innovations on eco-efficiency: Evidence from 30 China's provinces

Eco-efficiency (EE) is an important indicator to reflect the level of sustainable economic growth. This article places contribution to the existing literature by examining the relationship between innovation and eco-efficiency by incorporating three different innovation indicators: invention patent,...

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Main Authors: Lu, Z. (Author), Luo, Y. (Author), Muhammad, S. (Author), Yang, H. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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520 3 |a Eco-efficiency (EE) is an important indicator to reflect the level of sustainable economic growth. This article places contribution to the existing literature by examining the relationship between innovation and eco-efficiency by incorporating three different innovation indicators: invention patent, utility patent and design patent. The dataset covers a balanced panel of 30 China's provinces over the period of 2003–2017. Super efficiency slack-based model (SSBM) and super efficiency epsilon-based model (SEBM) under meta-frontier is used to measure the eco-efficiency. While, Bootstrap Truncation Regression is employed to analyze the different impacts of innovations on eco-efficiency. Regarding efficiency, the results indicate that eco-efficiency in China is at a decreasing trend overall, and there exists a certain heterogeneity among different regions. The results of Bootstrap Truncation Regression show that the invention patent and design patent exert positive effects on China's eco-efficiency while utility patent inhibits the improvement of efficiency score during the sample period. Moreover, the estimation validates the existence of EKC (Environmental Kuznets curve) theory for China based on the extended STIRPAT model. Inward foreign direct investment (IFDI) has both pollution halo effect and pollution haven effect in China, while the effect of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on eco-efficiency is different across different regions. A U-shaped relationship is found between environmental regulation and eco-efficiency. On the basis of results, government should formulate strict environmental regulation and impose targeted subsidies on green technological innovation to promote green economic growth. © 2021 
650 0 4 |a Bootstrap truncation regression 
650 0 4 |a Bootstrap truncation regression 
650 0 4 |a China 
650 0 4 |a Curve fitting 
650 0 4 |a Eco-efficiency 
650 0 4 |a Eco-efficiency 
650 0 4 |a economic growth 
650 0 4 |a Economics 
650 0 4 |a Efficiency 
650 0 4 |a environmental economics 
650 0 4 |a Environmental regulations 
650 0 4 |a foreign direct investment 
650 0 4 |a Foreign direct investments 
650 0 4 |a heterogeneity 
650 0 4 |a Heterogeneous effects 
650 0 4 |a Indicator indicator 
650 0 4 |a Innovation efficiency 
650 0 4 |a Innovation indicators 
650 0 4 |a Kuznets curve 
650 0 4 |a Model efficiency 
650 0 4 |a Patents and inventions 
650 0 4 |a Pollution 
650 0 4 |a Regression analysis 
650 0 4 |a spatiotemporal analysis 
650 0 4 |a Super-efficiency 
650 0 4 |a sustainability 
650 0 4 |a Sustainable economic growth 
650 0 4 |a Technological innovation 
650 0 4 |a Technological innovation 
700 1 |a Lu, Z.  |e author 
700 1 |a Luo, Y.  |e author 
700 1 |a Muhammad, S.  |e author 
700 1 |a Yang, H.  |e author 
773 |t Ecological Indicators