TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultivating green growth through innovative city pilot policies
T2 - Evidence from China
AU - Bai, Ge
AU - Shen, Zhiyang
AU - Wu, Jian
AU - ALHussan, Fawaz Baddar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - This study utilises panel data encompassing 282 prefectural-level cities in China spanning the years 2007 to 2019. Its primary objectives are to assess the direct and indirect consequences of the National Innovative City Pilot Policy (NICPP) on Green Total Factor Productivity (GTFP) through the application of the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Difference (DID) models. Subsequently, the research delves into whether NICPP can enhance the GTFP of cities by means of fiscal investments in science and technology, the degree of green innovations, and the level of financial development. Additionally, robustness tests and heterogeneity analyses are conducted to strengthen the validity of the findings. The results indicate that NICPP positively influences the GTFP of cities, primarily via these three mechanisms.
AB - This study utilises panel data encompassing 282 prefectural-level cities in China spanning the years 2007 to 2019. Its primary objectives are to assess the direct and indirect consequences of the National Innovative City Pilot Policy (NICPP) on Green Total Factor Productivity (GTFP) through the application of the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Difference (DID) models. Subsequently, the research delves into whether NICPP can enhance the GTFP of cities by means of fiscal investments in science and technology, the degree of green innovations, and the level of financial development. Additionally, robustness tests and heterogeneity analyses are conducted to strengthen the validity of the findings. The results indicate that NICPP positively influences the GTFP of cities, primarily via these three mechanisms.
KW - Innovative city pilot policy
KW - difference-in-difference model
KW - green productivity
KW - propensity score matching method
KW - research and development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85216304623&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14631377.2024.2439722
DO - 10.1080/14631377.2024.2439722
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85216304623
SN - 1463-1377
VL - 37
SP - 133
EP - 159
JO - Post-Communist Economies
JF - Post-Communist Economies
IS - 1-2
ER -
