How Does the New-Type Urbanization Policy Affect Urban Low-Carbon Development?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewGLCE42022491

Keywords:

new-typeurbanization, carbon emissions, mediating effect, heterogeneity, DID

Abstract

The profound transformations brought about by the rapid advancement of urbanization have had a significant impact on low-carbon cities. In this study, we utilize the "New-type Urbanization Policy" (NTUP) as a quasi-natural experiment to examine the influence of NTUP on carbon emissions using the difference-in-differences (DID). Our findings indicate that NTUP effectively reduces carbon emissions and enhances emission efficiency, with consistent results even after conducting rigorous tests and addressing endogeneity concerns. Furthermore, our analysis reveals that resource-based cities, eastern cities and small- and medium-sized cities benefit more from NTUP in terms of reducing carbon emissions and improving efficiency. The mediating effect demonstrates that NTUP's impact on carbon emissions primarily operates through three mechanisms: promoting industrial structure upgrading, reducing energy use and promoting green technology innovation. This research offers valuable insights for achieving urban low-carbon sustainable development through new-type urbanization initiatives.

 

Received: 17 January 2024 | Revised: 25 February 2024 | Accepted: 22 March 2024 

 

Conflicts of Interest

The author declares that he has no conflicts of interest to this work.

 

Data Availability Statement

Data available on request from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

 

Author Contribution Statement

Huijie Xu: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration.


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2024-03-27

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Xu, H. (2024). How Does the New-Type Urbanization Policy Affect Urban Low-Carbon Development?. Green and Low-Carbon Economy. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewGLCE42022491