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Technical and Energy Efficiency of Urban Logistics in China: Empirical Analysis of 216 Prefecture-Level Cities

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  • Dongfang Wang
  • Jinfeng Li
  • Arthur Tarasov

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With the rapid economic development in China, substantial capital and resources are invested in urban logistics industry leading to quick expansion of the urban logistics. In this paper, the efficiency and energy efficiency of the urban logistics industry in China is measured through a stochastic frontier analysis based on a translog production function for a period of 2009–2017 using a sample of 216 prefecture-level cities. The results lead to several conclusions. (1) Average urban logistics efficiency and energy efficiency scores are at low levels and unbalanced between sample cities over the research period. Cities located in the eastern coastal region have the largest average efficiency scores, the central region has lower scores, and the western region has the lowest. (2) The difference in logistics efficiency between sample cities shows a downward trend for the entire country and eastern region. (3) Technical change plays an important role in promoting urban logistics efficiency. Technical inefficiency is the main cause of the nonefficient frontier of urban logistics. (4) Using the regression analysis, we found that digitalization and road density are positively correlated with the efficiency of urban logistics. Education has a long-term effect on the improvement of the urban logistics efficiency. In contrast, government intervention and environmental regulations are negatively correlated with the efficiency of urban logistics. (5) The effect of most factors on urban logistics efficiency across the sample stratified between eastern, central, and western regions is in line with the estimation results for the whole sample.

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  • Dongfang Wang & Jinfeng Li & Arthur Tarasov, 2021. "Technical and Energy Efficiency of Urban Logistics in China: Empirical Analysis of 216 Prefecture-Level Cities," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2021, pages 1-14, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:6671890
    DOI: 10.1155/2021/6671890
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