The impact of market coordination on urban green total factor productivity:An analysis of the mediating effect of factor misallocation

Promoting market coordination and enhancing the efficiency of green growth is a necessity for China’s effective economic development.Using panel data from 2007 to 2020,this paper conducts a comprehensive study on 226 cities at the prefecture-level and above,combining theoretical analysis and empirical tests to systematically explore the impact of market cohesion on urban green total factor productivity(GTPF)and the mediating role of factor mismatch.Findings demonstrate that market coordination maximizes urban GTPF.At the mechanism level,factor mismatch plays a mediating role,and market coordination can enhance GTPF by addressing capital and labor mismatch.In terms of heterogeneity analysis,market coordination significantly promotes GTPF positively in the east-central region and negatively in the western region.In terms of technological progress and technical efficiency,the eastern region shows a larger significance than the central and western regions combined.In view of the above,the concept of market coordination development has been implemented to promote GTFP in cities.

Contamination assessment,source apportionment and associated health risks of PTEs in agricultural soil under five land-use patterns in Sanya,China

To understand the levels of potentially toxic elements(PTEs)contamination in soils and their effects on human health from different agricultural land use in Sanya,China.128 soil samples(64 topsoil samples and corresponding subsoil samples)were collected from the five representative land-use patterns.Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(ICP-MS),Atomic fluorescence spectrometry(AFS),and Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry(ICP-OES)were used to determine the content of PTEs(As,Cd,Hg,Cu,Cr,Ni,Pb,Zn,Co,Mo,Sb,and V).Correlation analysis and factor analysis were used to determine the source of PTEs.Geo-accumulation index(I_(geo)),hazard quotient(HQ),and total carcinogenic risk index(TR)were used to measure the PTEs contamination and its relative health impacts.Results showed that the average values of 12 PTEs in topsoil were higher than the Hainan soil geochemical baseline,showing different degrees of PTEs accumulation effect.The concentration of PTEs in the topsoil was lower than those in the subsoil except for Cd and Hg.The I_(geo)revealed that the major accumulated element in soils was As followed by Mo.Source apportionment suggested that parent materials and agricultural practices were the dominant factors for PTEs accumulation in the topsoil.Noncarcinogenic risks of soil samples from five land-use patterns presented a trend of paddy field>dry field>woodland>orchard>garden plot.However,the HQ values of 12 PTEs were less than the recommended limit of HQ=1,representing that there are no non-carcinogenic risks of PTEs for children and adults in the study area.The TR values are within 6.95×10^(-6)-1.38×10^(-5),which corresponds to the low level.Therefore the PTEs in the agricultural soil of the study area show little influence on the health status of the local population.

Dynamic analysis of spatial convergence of green total factor productivity in China's primary provinces along its Belt and Road Initiative

This paper focuses on China's primary provinces along its Belt and Road Initiative,measures and analyses the provincial green total factor productivity (GTFP) development by GML index based on SBM directional distance function,discusses the temporal evolution characteristics of spatial convergence of the provincial GTFP under multiple spatial weight matrices,and estimates the net effect of China's Belt and Road Initiative on the development gap of provincial GTFP by regression discontinuity.The research shows that the provincial GTFP is generally good while the internal gap is relatively large.There is spatial absolute βconvergence and condition βconvergence in provincial GTFP,and the convergence speed has been signifcantly accelerated since the construction of China's Belt and Road Initiative.The current low economy level and infrastructure allocation efficiency of primary provinces restrict the GTFP development,while government expenditure has promoted the GTFP development,trade between provinces and countries along China's Belt and Road Initiative is negative to GTFP.China's Belt and Road Initiative has significantly narrowed the gap of provincial GTFP development with the net effect of-0.016.

Measuring Quality of Economic Growth Incorporating Environment and Social Welfare:a Total Productivity Approach with an Application on China

By extending the traditional productivity theory,a new concept total productivity( TP) is introduced. Using a directional distance function approach,the concept is applied to measuring economic growth of 8 economic regions of China covering an 18 years period( 1997—2014) and test its convergence. Results showed that TP grew at an average rate of 6. 6% per year led mainly by technical change( 6. 5%). When environmental undesirable outputs are included,the Middle Yellow River,Northwest and Southwest regions of China witnessed higher productivity changes. Results of the convergence analysis revealed that China had made progress in reducing regional imbalance in growth. Inclusion of undesirable output showed that the energy-saving emission reduction policies had speed up the convergence rate of TP and environment oriented productivity. However,China's welfare oriented productivity is still very low.

Multilevel Correlation Analysis of Influencing Factors on Grain Total Factor Productivity in Main Grain Producing Provinces of China

In order to analyze the influencing factors of TFP (the abbreviation of Total Factor Productivity) deeply, this paper calculates and decomposes the TFP of the main grain producing provinces in China from 2006 to 2015 by the DEA-Malmquist index model. On the basis of this, the grey correlation analysis model based on super-efficiency DEA is used to quantitatively analyze the influencing factors of total factor productivity, technological progress and technical efficiency. The results show that the proportion of grain sowing, the level of food economic development, the level of grain mechanization, the average scale of operations and the level of fertilizer using have the most influence on grain total factor productivity. Finally, according to the results of the analysis, some suggestions are put forward to improve the TFP of different provinces in the main grain producing areas.

Assessing Total Factor Productivity for Soybean Production in China Based on DEA-Malmquist Index: 2005-2017

The low and slowly increasing soybean yield restricts the development of soybean production. Accurate measures of total factor productivity (TFP) for soybean production can be helpful in identifying conditions, institutions or policies that promote soybean production development in China. In this paper, TFP growth for soybean production was estimated for a panel data of 10 major soybean producing provinces from 2005 to 2017. Results reveal that TFP grew at an average rate of 1.3% over the whole period, with technical progress contributing 2.3% and efficiency change providing the other -1.0%. The change of TFP for soybean production over that time, whether increase or decline, was mainly derived by technical change except in three years (2005-2007). Positive TFP growth in the provinces of Liaoning and Inner Mongolia, and negative TFP growth in Hebei and Anhui were mainly driven by efficiency change, specifically scale efficiency change except pure technical efficiency in Liaoning.

Performance Analysis of Listed Companies in the UAE-Using DEA Malmquist Index Approach

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is becoming an increasingly popular tool for assessing the relative performance of industries and companies. By applying DEA theory to the non-financial sector, the relative efficiency of 27 listed corporations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been analyzed in this paper. The focus of the study has been on the impact of the financial crisis and the recovery thereafter. Further, the productivity change was decomposed into technical efficiency change and technological change by using the non-parametric Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) over the period from 2007 to 2014. Based on Malmquist analysis, we find that the most efficient industries during the post-crisis period were food and beverages, telecommunication and pharmaceuticals. In contrast, the sectors that were adversely affected by the crisis were services, real estate, construction and cements. The break-up of the TFP indicated that the efficiency indices in the top performing industries were driven by technological improvements or frontier effects. The top-performing companies in the UAE during the 2007-14 period demonstrated innovation-led growth, aided by the use of better technology, investments in capital equipment, and adoption of new production processes.

OFDI逆向技术溢出对高技术产业全要素生产率的影响研究——基于Malmquist指数和动态面板数据模型的实证分析

运用非参数Malmquist指数方法测算中国省际高技术产业的全要素生产率,并构建动态面板数据模型,实证检验了OFDI逆向技术外溢对高技术产业全要素生产率的影响。结果表明,OFDI技术外溢能够促进高技术行业全要素生产率的增长,但因OFDI投向的行业中,高技术行业占的比重较小,其促进作用还有待进一步提高;国内人力资本投入、国内研发投入存在着"门槛",制约了对OFDI技术外溢的吸收。就此,文章最后提出了进一步开展OFDI的策略。

Root growth dynamics during recovery of tropical mountain forest in North-east India

Ever increasing pressures on tropical forests worldwide due to anthropogenic disturbances have greatly affected both above-and belowground functioning of these forests.While fine roots play major ecological roles in forests through assisting in nutrient and water uptake and returning elements to the soil environment,coarse roots play an important role in C sequestration.We studied changes in fine and coarse root biomass,production,turnover and carbon and nitrogen return to the soil in two regenerating forest stands(RFs)following stonemining that were 5 years(RF-5)and 15 years(RF-15)post-disturbance compared with a natural forest stand(NF)in Mizoram,North-east India.Fine(<2mm)and coarse root(2-10 mm)biomass differed significantly among the forest stands and ranged from239(RF-5)to 415(NF)and 230(RF-5)to 436(NF)g m 2,respectively.Total root(fine+coarse)biomass increased during stand development but the proportion of very fine root(<0.5 mm)to total root production decreased.Fine root biomass decreased with increasing soil depth.Fine and total root biomass showed strong seasonal correlations with soil moisture,more so than for rainfall and temperature,whereas these relationships were less clear for the coarse root biomass.The amount of N(25-55 kg ha-1)and C(1.9-3.6t ha-1)stored in root biomass increased with stand age with a corresponding increase in production and turnover of C and N to the soil.Disturbance to these tropical forests negatively affected root dynamics,influenced their spatiotemporal patterns,and reduced the production,amount and availability of nutrients returned to the soil along with a strong reduction in the root biomass carbon pool and sequestration in carbon residence time.We observed that root growth,especially fine roots,is dependent on abiotic variables,and plays a significant role in early stages of secondary succession by adding organic matter and nutrients through high turnover rates in these forests.

Agricultural Total Factor Productivity and Income Gap between Urban and Rural Residents--An Empirical Study Based on Provincial Panel Data

Taking the relevant data of 27 provinces in China during 2013 and 2017 as samples,this paper firstly measured the agricultural total factor productivity( TFP) using Malmquist index method. Then,it built the panel data model,and empirically tested the impacts of agricultural TFP on the income gap between urban and rural residents. The results show that the improvement in agricultural TFP can promote the narrowing of the income gap between urban and rural residents,and the factors such as urbanization level and industrial structure also have significant impacts on the income gap between urban and rural residents. On the basis of these,it came up with recommendations,including increasing agricultural human capital investment and establishing agricultural production research institutions.

数字乡村建设、资源要素错配与农业绿色全要素生产率

数字乡村建设与农业绿色发展深度融合是推动农业高质量发展的新动力引擎。本文选取2011-2021年中国31个省级面板数据,构建数字乡村建设和农业绿色全要素生产率的评价体系,多维度分析数字乡村建设对农业绿色全要素生产率的影响及作用机制。研究发现,数字乡村建设既可以直接促进农业绿色全要素生产率提升,也可以通过带动绿色技术进步而促进农业绿色全要素生产率提升,还可以通过降低土地资源错配、资本资源错配、劳动力资源错配程度而间接促进农业绿色全要素生产率。数字乡村建设对农业绿色全要素生产率的影响异质性明显,东部地区、南方、粮食主产区的数字乡村建设的正向推动作用较强。

数据要素与新质生产力:基于企业全要素生产率视角

新质生产力以全要素生产率提升为标志、核心是创新,数据要素对于提升创新水平与全要素生产率具有重要意义。本文将国家级大数据综合试验区试点作为一次准自然实验,基于我国2009—2021年制造业和服务业上市公司面板数据,利用双重差分模型识别数据要素影响企业全要素生产率的因果效应与作用机制。研究发现:数据要素显著提升了企业全要素生产率,且对服务业企业全要素生产率的影响大于制造业企业;经过一系列稳健性检验后上述结论依然成立。机制分析结果表明,数据要素主要通过数字化变革和创新对企业全要素生产率产生间接影响。调节效应表明,产业融合与数据要素会共同发挥作用、提升企业全要素生产率,且在中、高产业融合区域的作用效果没有显著差异,在低产业融合区域的效果不显著。

基于DEA-ESDA模型和Malmquist指数的我国卫生服务供给效率研究

[目的]分析我国卫生服务供给效率,为提高医疗卫生服务质量提供依据。[方法]基于我国2013-2021年31个省份卫生服务投入产出数据,运用DEA-BCC模型对数据进行静态分析;运用DEA-Malmquist方法进行动态分析;运用探索性空间数据分析(ESDA)研究空间分布特征。[结果]2013-2021年我国东部、中部地区卫生服务供给综合效率(VRS)值较高,东北地区、西部地区综合效率值较低;2021年综合效率均值为0.943,DEA非有效的省份有13个;全要素生产率下降主要由技术进步效率的下降导致;卫生服务供给效率具有显著空间负相关性,呈“低-高”“高-低”聚集。[结论]我国卫生服务供给效率普遍较低,不同地区间差距明显,卫生资源配置效率低,资源供给不均,存在技术“洼地”。各省需结合本地实际情况合理配置资源,充实人才队伍,鼓励技术创新,依托互联网信息技术,促进区域协同发展。

碳排放约束下我国地级及以上城市物流效率研究

绿色发展是物流业健康发展的一个关键因素。借助非期望产出超效率SBM模型和Global Malmquist-Luenberger指数模型,分别计算在碳排放约束下2009—2020年中国339个地级及以上城市的物流效率和物流全要素生产率,再运用空间马尔科夫链揭示物流效率类型转移的空间溢出效应,最后通过泰尔系数和变异系数研究物流业全要素生产率指数在城市间与省际的区域差异。研究发现:(1)我国碳排放约束下物流效率呈上升态势,在空间上呈现出东部地区高、中西部地区低的特征,在逐渐通车的铁路干线与公路干线周围的城市物流效率提升明显。(2)同一时间段内,不同物流效率类型的城市对其邻近城市的物流效率转移有明显带动或抑制影响。(3)物流业GML指数值大于等于1的城市在全国各个地区分布大致均匀,物流全要素生产率受技术进步指数的影响较大。(4)省际物流业全要素生产率的差异明显高于城市间物流业全要素生产率的差异。基于结果分析提出在碳排放约束下提升物流效率和全要素生产率的对策建议。

OFDI对工业绿色全要素生产率的影响机制--基于两阶段Super-SBM-Malmquist指数模型的分析

中国对外直接投资(outward foreign direct investment,OFDI)在推动中国经济与世界经济的深度融合、形成国内国际双循环发展新格局中有着举足轻重的作用。本文基于中国2005-2017年30个省份的面板数据,运用非期望产出的两阶段Super-SBM网络DEA模型以及结合全局ML生产率指数测算了中国各省份的工业绿色全要素生产率、生产效率和治污效率,并从理论和实证上考察了中国OFDI对三大效率的影响。研究发现:OFDI对三大效率的影响均表现为稳健的U型非线性关系;从作用机制看,短期内,OFDI对三大效率的抑制作用主要由于规模效应所致,长期内,OFDI对三大效率的促进作用主要通过结构效应和技术效应实现;从异质性视角看,我国东部和西部地区OFDI与三大效率呈显著的U型关系,中部地区的OFDI作用不显著,“一带一路”沿线省份的OFDI产生的正向效应早于非沿线省份。

黑龙江省数字经济产出效率差异研究

基于2012—2020年黑龙江省13个城市的面板数据,利用BCC-DEA模型和Malmqui ST指数模型分别测算黑龙江省数字经济产出水平和全要素生产率。研究发现:黑龙江省各城市的数字经济产出效率存在明显差异。从静态效率分析,黑龙江省东部技术效率最高,北部次之,南部最低,这主要是因为东部和北部规模效率要高于南部。从动态效率分析,黑龙江省各市的全要素生产率波动上升,与技术进步指数发展趋势基本一致。

中国工业绿色低碳转型指数的时空演变分析

工业绿色低碳转型是实现“双碳”目标和经济高质量发展的重要支撑。文章基于2002-2020年中国30个省份的面板数据,利用超效率EBM模型和GML指数对工业绿色低碳转型指数进行测度并探究其时空演变特征。研究发现:从时序上看,全国工业绿色低碳转型指数变化有明显的阶段性特征,呈先上升、后下降、再上升的趋势;从空间上看,工业绿色低碳转型指数的空间集聚特征显著,地理相邻对工业绿色低碳转型有显著的正向影响。进一步,文章采用了空间β收敛模型对工业绿色低碳转型指数的收敛趋势进行评价,实证结果显示,中国工业绿色低碳转型指数空间绝对β收敛和空间条件β收敛显著。

中国制造业绿色发展韧性测度及演变趋势研究——来自制造企业的经验证据

提升绿色发展韧性是中国制造业面对动荡环境实现可持续发展的重要方向。本文采用敏感性指数法测算制造企业绿色发展韧性,利用核密度分布与马尔科夫链法评估中国制造业绿色发展韧性的动态趋势与收敛状态。结果发现:(1)中国制造业绿色转型处于“发展水平与发展韧性”双重下降时期。其中,绿色发展水平下降态势趋缓,绿色发展韧性则经历了“上升→下降”、“正向→负向”阶段转变;(2)高端装备制造业是绿色发展水平变化的主导力量,传统制造业在绿色发展韧性变化中发挥着关键作用;(3)根据绿色发展韧性的马尔科夫链结果,低水平和高水平的状态锁定概率较高,状态跃迁与状态退化主要发生在相邻状态间。制造业中收敛于高水平与较高水平类型企业占半数左右,其中,传统制造业为55%,高端装备制造业为45%。研究结论可为我国制造业促进绿色发展韧性提升和高效推进绿色发展提供一定的政策启示。

中国碳排放全要素生产率的区域演进及其影响机制——基于胡焕庸线的实证分析

提升碳排放全要素生产率是全面建设中国式现代化的内在要求。运用NCSE-EBM与Malmquist Luenberger指数相结合的模型测度和分析2011—2020年我国30个省份碳排放全要素生产率及其区域动态演进特征,并采用灰色关联方法探讨区域碳排放全要素生产率演变的影响机制。结果显示:碳排放全要素生产率在空间上表现为胡焕庸线西北和东南区域高、沿线区域低的“V”型分布态势;三大区域碳排放全要素生产率均不存在严格收敛;效率改善指数是碳排放全要素生产率提升的内在主导性因素;产业结构是我国三大区域碳排放全要素生产率的最主要影响因素,技术创新与胡焕庸线西北区域和东南区域碳排放全要素生产率的关联度最低,而数字化与胡焕庸线沿线区域碳排放全要素生产率关联度最小。