Does the development of the internet contribute to air pollution control in China? Mechanism discussion and empirical test

被引:252
作者
Yang, Xiaodong [1 ,2 ]
Wu, Haitao [3 ,4 ]
Ren, Siyu [1 ,5 ]
Ran, Qiying [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Jinning [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Xinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
[2] Xinjiang Univ, Ctr Innovat Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
[3] Beijing Inst Technol, Sch Management & Econ, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[4] Beijing Inst Technol, Ctr Energy & Environm Policy Res, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[5] Nankai Univ, Sch Econ, Tianjin 300071, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Internet development; Haze pollution; Public supervision; Spatial Durbin model; FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL-QUALITY; BIG DATA; PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION; CARBON EMISSIONS; INFORMATION AGE; ICT; IMPACT; PANEL;
D O I
10.1016/j.strueco.2020.12.001
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
With the continuous development of cloud computing and internet of things technology, the integra-tion of internet and haze governance has broad prospects and infinite potential. Through the internet platform and technology, environmental monitoring can be done by the internet, and realize the intellec-tualization of environmental management, improve the early warning ability of environmental pollution emergencies, and facilitate the public's in-depth participation in environmental supervision. The dynamic spatial Durbin model and the quantile regression model are employed to analyze the effect and mecha-nism of the internet development on China's haze pollution on the basis of provincial panel data in China from 2006 to 2017. The results indicate that there is an inverted "U" curve between internet development and haze pollution in China, and the conclusion is still valid after a series of robustness tests. There is significant heterogeneity between direct and indirect spillover effects. Meanwhile, from the perspective of different regions in China (such as the east-central region and western regions), the inverted "U" curve between internet development and air pollution still exists. Besides, quantile regression results also show that the suppression effect of the internet on haze pollution is getting stronger with the increase of haze concentration. The regression results of the mediation effect indicate that internet development mainly affects haze pollution by improving technological innovation and environmental governance efficiency. (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:207 / 224
页数:18
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