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Digitalization and resource tracing: Enhancing trade carbon efficiency in global value chain

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  • Huang, Huiping
  • Zeng, Ying

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Trade carbon efficiency, which reflects the relationship between economic value-added and environmental costs, is a critical metric for sustainable development within global value chains (GVCs). Focusing on the manufacturing sector—the primary engine of economic growth and major source of carbon emissions—this study investigates the impact of industrial digitalization on trade carbon efficiency. The innovative use of OECD-AMNE database (2000–2019) has broken through the limitations of existing research relying on WIOD database, revealing the impact path of digital resources through dual mechanisms of carbon transmission and technological innovation. A decomposition of the input-output structure reveals a significant heterogeneity: the marginal effect of foreign digital resources surpasses that of domestic inputs, and the digital trade rules openness serves as a positive moderator, enhancing the effectiveness of both foreign and domestic digital resources. Additionally, foreign-invested enterprises play a crucial role in leveraging digital technologies to enhance trade carbon efficiency, particularly in conjunction with environmental regulations, outperforming domestic-owned enterprises. These nuanced structural insights provide a new perspective and feasible policy levers for guiding manufacturing's green and high-quality transformation through digitalization.

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  • Huang, Huiping & Zeng, Ying, 2026. "Digitalization and resource tracing: Enhancing trade carbon efficiency in global value chain," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 234-243.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:streco:v:78:y:2026:i:c:p:234-243
    DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2026.03.014
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