Research on the Effects of Import Trade on China's Green Total Fator Productivity

Jiayan Xie ； Wenhui Wang

《Frontiers in Economics and Management》 4卷5期 (2023/05) Pp. 238-246

https://doi.org/10.6981/FEM.202305_4(5).0029

摘要

Actively expanding import is an inevitable requirement to achieve high‐quality economic development in China. The green total factor productivity is calculated using the SBM model to measure the quality of economic growth considering environmental factors. Based on panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2002 to 2020, this paper constructs a spatial Durbin model and its decomposition to examine the impact of import trade on green total factor productivity from two aspects: import competition and import technology spillover. The results show that import competition promotes the improvement of green total factor productivity, while the spillover effect of import trade is the opposite, and there are significant spatial effects. Meanwhile, the two have synergistic effects which promote economic growth.

關鍵字

Import Trade ； High‐quality Development ； Green Total Factor Productivity ； Spatial Durbin Model

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