National Innovative City and Green Technology Progress: Empirical Evidence from China

Liu, Bei; Li, Zijun; Yang, Xiangyang; Wang, Jinmin; Qiu, Zhaoxuan

Abstract

In this paper, a quasi-natural experiment of national innovative city pilot policy (NICPP) is carried out to investigate the impact of the NICPP on green technology innovation (GTI) and its intrinsic mechanism with the method of difference-indifference. It is found that the NICPP significantly enhances GTI, and there is a certain lag and persistence in this effect. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the higher the administrative level and the more the geographical advantages of NICPP, the more obvious the driving effect of GTI. The mechanism test shows that the NICPP has an effect on the GTI through three channels: innovation factor input, agglomeration effect of science and technology talent, and entrepreneurial vitality empowerment. The findings of this study provide policy insights for further optimizing the construction of innovative cities and then promoting GTI development, ultimately realizing green dynamics transformation and high-quality development of China's economy.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 21, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jun 3, 2023
• Publication Date: 2024-05
• Deposit Date: Jun 29, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 4, 2024
• Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• Print ISSN: 0944-1344
• Electronic ISSN: 1614-7499
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Pages: 36311–36328
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27912-3
• Keywords: National innovative cities; Green technology Progress; Agglomeration effect; High-quality development
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/22437550
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-023-27912-3
• Additional Information: This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-023-27912-3