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Understanding the Heterogeneous Impact of Innovation Efficiency on Urban Ecological Footprint in China

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  • Hui Zhang

    (Nanyang Institute of Technology, Fanli Business School, Nanyang 473000, China)

  • Haiqian Ke

    (Nanyang Institute of Technology, Fanli Business School, Nanyang 473000, China
    Institute of Central China Development, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

Abstract

Under the background of tightening resource constraints and a deteriorating ecological environment, innovation is aimed at saving energy, reducing consumption, abating pollution and achieving sustainable economic growth. This has gradually become an important way to improve industrial structure, competitiveness and environmental performance worldwide. In this study, we use the super-efficiency SBM model to calculate the innovation efficiency of 283 cities in China from 2009 to 2019. Then, based on the dynamic threshold regression model, we explore the impact of innovation efficiency on ecological footprint in innovative cities or non-innovative cities under different economic development levels. The main conclusions that can be drawn are as follows. (1) Within the research period, the influence of innovation efficiency on ecological footprint in China shows a negative double threshold feature, that is, increasing regional innovation efficiency has an inhibitory effect on ecological footprint. (2) For innovative cities, innovation efficiency has a strong inhibitory effect on ecological footprint, and it becomes stronger and stronger with the growth of night light data; but this inhibitory effect is gradually decreasing with improvement of economic development level in non-innovative cities. (3) Under the threshold of different levels of economic development, the number of scientific human resources, scientific financial resources, scientific information resources and scientific papers has a positive effect on ecological footprint, while the number of patent applications has a negative effect on ecological footprint.

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  • Hui Zhang & Haiqian Ke, 2022. "Understanding the Heterogeneous Impact of Innovation Efficiency on Urban Ecological Footprint in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-16, May.
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