环境约束下中国地区工业全要素生产率增长及收敛分析

TFP Growth and Convergence across China's Industrial Economy Considering Environmental Protection

本文通过Mal mquist-Luenberger指数将环境因素纳入全要素生产率(TFP)分析框架,测算分析了环境约束下中国1998～2007年地区工业TFP增长及其成分,并对其收敛性进行了检验。测算结果显示,环境约束下西部地区工业TFP增长最快且波动幅度较大,中部地区增长最慢且较为平稳,东部地区则均介于二者之间;各地区工业TFP增长均主要源自技术进步;东部地区是推动环境技术创新的主要地区。收敛性分析则进一步表明东部和西部地区工业TFP存在俱乐部收敛现象,而中部地区仅存在条件收敛。

This paper applies Malmquist-Luenberger index method to measure and decompose China＇s industrial TFP during 1998-2007 accounting for environmental protection, and examine its convergence. The major conclusions are as follows： Under environmental restrictions, the western region has the highest TFP growth rate and fluctuation, while the central region has the lowest TFP growth rate and fluctuation. The eastern region is the main region who leads technical innovation. Industrial TFP growth in all regions are mainly derived from technical progress. Both the eastern and the western region have club-convergence, but the central region just shows conditional convergence.