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Tytuł:
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The two-sided effects of foreign direct investment on carbon emissions performance in China.
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Autorzy:
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Song W; Northwest Institute of Historical Environment and Socio-Economic Development, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China. Electronic address: .
Mao H; Northwest Institute of Historical Environment and Socio-Economic Development, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China.
Han X; School of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
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Źródło:
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The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2021 Oct 15; Vol. 791, pp. 148331. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 07.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier.
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MeSH Terms:
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Carbon*
Investments*
Carbon Dioxide/analysis ; China ; Economic Development ; Internationality
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: Carbon emissions performance; Climate change; FDI; Sustainable development; Two-tier stochastic frontier model
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Substance Nomenclature:
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142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide)
7440-44-0 (Carbon)
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20210617 Date Completed: 20210818 Latest Revision: 20210818
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Update Code:
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20240104
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148331
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PMID:
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34139496
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Climate change caused by rapid increases in greenhouse gas concentrations is now a global challenge. Foreign direct investment (FDI), as a key player in global economic growth, is a major contributor to carbon emissions. Based on panel data of 30 provinces in China collected from 2007 to 2018, this paper uses the two-tier stochastic frontier model to analyse the opposing two-sided effects of FDI on carbon emission performance and calculates their combined effects. The empirical study shows that FDI has both a promoting and an inhibiting effect on carbon emission performance, and the overall effect is characterized by less of an inhibiting effect than a promoting effect, resulting in the positive driving characteristic of the combined effect. The average inhibiting effect is 0.0402, and the average promoting effect is 0.1065, causing the comprehensive effect of FDI on carbon emission performance to have an average value of 0.0663. The empirical results also show that the promoting effects of FDI are greater than the inhibiting effects in most regions; however, after 2013, the level of the promoting effect declined overall. There are regional differences in the combined effects of FDI on carbon emission performance, and the driving effects present in the central and western regions of China are significantly lower than that in the eastern region. Based on the research conclusions, while promoting a "green" revolution in FDI utilization patterns, it is necessary to strengthen the interaction mechanism between FDI and low-carbon economic development in China and to enhance the driving effect of FDI on carbon emission performance in China.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest All authors have declared they had no competing financial interests.
(Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
