The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Urban Green Total Factor Productivity and the Mechanism Test

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ID15515666
AuthorsMingliang Zhao (0000-0002-4474-8729, Shandong University of Finance and Economics), Yue Gao (0000-0001-7380-0007, Shandong University of Finance and Economics), Qing Liu (0000-0002-5792-6037, Shandong College of Tourism and Hospitality), Wei Sun (0000-0002-9812-6212, Chinese Academy of Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue19
Pages12183-12183
Publication date2022-09-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph191912183
PMID36231483
OpenAlexW4297538932
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited31

This paper employs the slack-based model directional distance function to measure the green total factor productivity of each city, using the panel data of 284 prefecture-level cities in China from 2004 to 2019 and considering the unexpected output. The results are as follows: 1 Foreign direct investment significantly suppresses the improvement of urban green total factor productivity, and the negative impact on the green technology progress index is the main reason to inhibit the increase of the green total factor productivity. The results are still significant through a series of robustness tests such as replacing variables and eliminating outliers; the positive intermediary effect of scientific and technological innovation exists, and the Sobel test and bootstrap random sampling test are passed. The upgrading of industrial structure has a positive regulating effect on the improvement of urban green total factor productivity. 2 The impact of foreign direct investment on urban green total factor productivity has regional heterogeneity. The inhibitory effect of foreign direct investment on resource-based cities and non-coastal cities is greater than that on non-resource-based cities and coastal cities, and the negative impact on China-Europe train opening cities is greater than that on non-opening cities. Accordingly, the paper puts forward policy suggestions from the aspects of improving the quality of foreign direct investment and implementing differentiated management

Agricultural economics · Business · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Foreign direct investment · Index (typography · Investment (military · Panel data · Productivity · Robustness (evolution · Total factor productivity · Computer Science · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

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