Can rural e-commerce contribute to carbon reduction? A quasi-natural experiment based on China's e-commerce demonstration counties.
Carbon emissions
Digital villages
E-commerce demonstration counties
Multi-phase DID
Quasi-natural experiments
Journal
Environmental science and pollution research international
ISSN: 1614-7499
Titre abrégé: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9441769
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
07
07
2023
accepted:
05
09
2023
medline:
23
10
2023
pubmed:
13
9
2023
entrez:
12
9
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
As information and communication technologies gain prominence in rural areas, rural e-commerce has emerged as a crucial mechanism for fostering agricultural and rural development. While the economic impact of rural e-commerce is widely studied, its effects on carbon emissions remain underexplored. Utilizing a multi-period DID model and Chinese county-level panel data from 2011 to 2017, this paper examines the impact of rural e-commerce on carbon emission reduction, employing the "comprehensive demonstration of e-commerce into villages" policy introduced by the Chinese government in 2014 as a quasi-natural experiment. Our findings show that e-commerce demonstration counties experienced a 10.6% reduction in carbon emissions compared to the control group, indicating a significant emission reduction effect. Further analysis reveals that rural e-commerce drives carbon reduction through decreased fertilizer usage, altered cropping structures, and enhanced transportation efficiency. Notably, rural e-commerce's emission reduction effect is more pronounced in major grain-producing regions and areas with higher digitalization levels. This study has crucial theoretical and practical implications for achieving carbon emission reduction and sequestration in agriculture and advancing green agricultural development.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37700134
doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-29792-z
pii: 10.1007/s11356-023-29792-z
doi:
Substances chimiques
Carbon
7440-44-0
Carbon Dioxide
142M471B3J
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Pagination
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Organisme : National Social Science Fund of China
ID : 17BJL058
Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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