The Mechanism of Digital Economy Affecting Carbon Emissions:Evidence from China

The Mechanism of Digital Economy Affecting Carbon Emissions:Evidence from China | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article The Mechanism of Digital Economy Affecting Carbon Emissions:Evidence from China Jinshan Wang, Hongbo Liu This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2788154/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 6 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This paper attempts to reveal the impact mechanism of the digital economy on carbon emissions. In order to estimate the impact of the digital economy on carbon emissions, this paper collected panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2011 to 2020. It uses a two-way fixed-effects model to conduct linear analysis and mediation mechanism testing. The results of this study are as follows.(1)The development of the digital economy can effectively reduce carbon emissions, and the robustness test and endogenous examination support the above conclusions.(2)Industrial structure upgrading and technological innovation are critical intermediary mechanisms.(3) At the same time, the impact of the digital economy on carbon emissions is heterogeneous, and the effect of the western regions is greater than that of the eastern areas.So the digital economy has important implications for reducing carbon emissions. Digital economy Carbon emissions:Mechanism Fixed-effect model Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Major Revision 05 Aug, 2023 Reviewers agreed at journal 05 Jul, 2023 Reviewers invited by journal 04 Jul, 2023 Editor invited by journal 23 May, 2023 Editor assigned by journal 18 May, 2023 First submitted to journal 12 May, 2023 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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