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Study on the Impact of Clean Power Investment on Regional High-Quality Economic Development in China

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  • Xianrong Zhuang

    (Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China)

  • Lingying Pan

    (Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China)

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In 2017, the 19th CPC National Congress proposed to “establish a sound economic system of green, low-carbon and circular development”, which indicates the direction of high-quality economic development in the new era of China. Clean power investment is a powerful way to promote high-quality economic development by adopting non-fossil-energy utilization and low-emission technologies, as well as creating new jobs. Meanwhile, large-scale investment and a long investment return period result in negative effects on local economies. To better understand the effect of clean power investment, this paper selects panel data of thirty provinces in China from 2010 to 2019 to establish a spatial Durbin model to explore the impact of clean power investment on regional high-quality economic development. The results show that inter-regional high-quality economic development shows significant spatial auto-correlation characteristics. Clean power investment has not only a positive direct effect on high-quality economic development but also generates positive spatial spillover effects. Human capital, degree of government intervention, and urbanization rate have positive effects on regional high-quality economic development, while they play a suppressed role on neighboring regions.

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  • Xianrong Zhuang & Lingying Pan, 2022. "Study on the Impact of Clean Power Investment on Regional High-Quality Economic Development in China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(22), pages 1-23, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:22:p:8364-:d:967578
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