| Title: |
Impact Mechanism and Effect Analysis of the Integration of Digital Economy and Real Economy on China’s Regional Low-Carbon Transitions |
| Authors: |
Mi, Yingjie; Zhou, Bing; Li, Yufeng |
| Contributors: |
Chongqing Social Science Planning Cultivation Project Study on the Long-term Mechanism and Path of Driving the New Quality Productivity Enhancement of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle; Major Decision-Making Consultation and Research Project of Chongqing Municipality:Research on Improving the Rural Basic Financial Service System in Chongqing |
| Source: |
Sage Open ; volume 15, issue 4 ; ISSN 2158-2440 2158-2440 |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publications |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Description: |
In the context of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, this study addresses how the integration of digital economy and real economy (IDRE) influences regional low-carbon transitions (RLCT). Such exploration enhances the high-quality evolution of China’s economic landscape and contributes insights to the worldwide efforts against climate change and sustainable progress. Through the entropy method, this investigation develops a comprehensive index to evaluate IDRE using provincial panel data spanning 2011 to 2022. A coupling coordination degree (CCD) model is used to evaluate the integration levels across China’s 30 provinces (including municipalities and autonomous regions). Moreover, this research employs a bidirectional fixed effect model, a mediation effect model, a threshold model, and a spatial econometric model to empirically probe the effects and underlying mechanisms of IDRE on RLCT. The key findings are as follows: (a) IDRE significantly promotes RLCT, particularly in eastern regions; (b) IDRE facilitates RLCT by enhancing green technological innovation and advancing new urbanization, though it exhibits nonlinear characteristics such as rebound effects and diminishing returns; and (c) IDRE generates significant spatial spillover effects on RLCT. This study reveals how IDRE promotes RLCT through green technological innovation (GTI), new urbanization (NUR) pathways, and spatial spillover effect. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1177/21582440251405011 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251405011; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/21582440251405011; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/21582440251405011 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ; https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.DA49BD81 |
| Database: |
BASE |