数字经济、虚拟集聚和产业绿色转型——基于中微观视角的解析与验证

Digital Economy,Virtual Agglomeration,and Green Transformation of Industries:Based on the Medium and Micro Perspectives

推动绿色发展,促进人与自然和谐共生是中国式现代化的本质要求,数字经济与绿色发展的深度融合已成为实现“双碳”目标、推动经济高质量发展的必然要求和重要支撑。使用2011—2019年中国企业工商登记注册信息和地级市数据,考察数字经济发展对产业绿色转型的影响及作用机制。研究显示:数字经济发展正向促进了产业结构绿色转型和产业效率绿色转型,在通过内生性检验、更换关键变量等一系列稳健性检验后结论依然成立。机制分析表明,数字经济可以通过提升虚拟集聚水平来赋能产业结构绿色转型和产业效率绿色转型。异质性分析表明,数字经济发展可以带动基础设施建设较差、有地理障碍地区实现产业绿色转型。研究结论为有效释放数字红利,驱动产业绿色转型,实现高质量发展提供了参考价值。

Promoting green development and the harmonious coexistence of human beings and nature is an essential requirement of Chinese modernization.Further,the deep integration of the digital economy and green development has become an inevitable requirement and an important support for realizing the“dual carbon”goals and promoting the high-quality development of the economy.Based on business registration information for Chinese enterprises and data for prefecture-level cities from 2011 to 2019,this paper examines the impact of the development of the digital economy on the industrial green transformation and the mechanism for this effect.The study shows that digital economic development actively promotes the green transformation of industries'structures and efficiency;the conclusion holds after a series of robustness tests,including endogeneity testing and replacement of key variables.The mechanism analysis suggests that the digital economy can promote the green transformation of industrial structures and the efficiency by enhancing virtual agglomeration level.The heterogeneity analysis shows that the development of the digital economy can drive the industrial green transformation in areas with poor infrastructure construction and geographic barriers.This study provides a reference point for effectively releasing the digital dividend to drive the industrial green transformation and achieve high-quality development.