The Effect of Green R&D Activities on China’s SO2 Emissions: Evidence from a Panel Threshold Model

Shuxing Chen; Ke Liu; Denglong Ding; Zeyu Yue; Zhu Bo; Yuee Tang

doi:10.35784/pe.2021.2.15

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.2.15

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.2.15

Authors

Shuxing Chen

chensx@swufe.edu.cn

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China, China

Ke Liu

chensx@swufe.edu.cn

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China, China

Denglong Ding

chensx@swufe.edu.cn

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China, China

Zeyu Yue

chensx@swufe.edu.cn

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China, China

Zhu Bo

chensx@swufe.edu.cn

People’s Bank of China, Financial Research Office, Chengdu 610041, China, China

Yuee Tang

chensx@swufe.edu.cn

Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China, China

Abstract

Previous studies on the effectiveness of improving sustainable development have acknowledged the importance of domestic research and development (R&D) activities. However, these studies remain general and ambiguous because they assume that all R&D activities are related to energy-saving and sustainable development. The corresponding empirical evidence is scabrous and ambiguous. In this paper, we focus on the effect of green innovation R&D activities on SO₂ emission which is an important greenhouse gas affect global climate change and eco-civilization. Considering that there is heterogeneity exists in the innovation activities, the R&D activities are divided into three performers with two purposes. The empirical results based on a Chinese inter-provincial dataset of 2000-2016 suggest that the green innovation R&D activities are crucial for the reduction of the SO₂ emission. However, the innovation R&D activities of different purposes and performers show statistically differentiated effects on SO₂ emission. The major positive effect of green innovation R&D activities on SO₂ emissions reduction is mainly from enterprises and utility-type of R&D activities. A further study based on the panel threshold also indicates that effects of green innovation R&D activities on SO₂ emissions are nonlinear, depending on the technology absorptive ability.

Keywords:

green innovation activities, SO2 emissions, technology absorptive ability, sustainable development

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Chen, S., Liu, K., Ding, D., Yue, Z., Bo, Z., & Tang, Y. (2021). The Effect of Green R&D Activities on China’s SO2 Emissions: Evidence from a Panel Threshold Model. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 16(2), 147–151. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.2.15

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