Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?

Abstract In the context of sustainable development, countries around the world shed more light on green innovation in their environmental policies, and the digital economy may take a vital part in improving green innovation. Predicted on the panel data of 278 cities in China from 2011 to 2019, this research administrates the principal component analysis (PCA) to evaluate the advancement level of the urban digital economy and employs the number of urban green patent applications to represent green innovation level. Through the benchmark regression model, the mediating effect model, the spatial Durbin model, the dynamic threshold panel model, and the gradual difference‐in‐difference model, this paper explores…

• BM
  Beijing Municipal Office of Philosophy and Social Science Planning

  Award: 17JDYJA009
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 72073010, 71761137001