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Does manufacturing servitization reduce emissions intensity? evidence from China

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  • Yuping Deng
  • Chunmei Rong
  • Rong Chen

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This paper investigates the impact on polluting emissions as a result of manufacturing industries in China offering services as well as products. We merge detailed firm-level statistics covering 2000 to 2011, and use two-way linear fixed effects regression to control for firm and year heterogeneities and a host of control variables. The empirical results show that manufacturing servitization significantly reduces the emission intensity of firms. This effect is achieved by improving the total factor productivity of firms, optimizing the efficiency of energy use, and increasing the share of the highly-skilled labour force. Moreover, the emission reduction effect of manufacturing servitization is more profound in the eastern and central regions, pollution-intensive industries, non-state-owned firms, and processing trade firms. In addition, our extended analysis shows that the emission reduction effects of manufacturing servitization can be strengthened through trade liberalization and cohort study. The major policy implication is that governments should undertake industrial policies that reinforce the positive effects of manufacturing servitization in order to achieve win-win outcomes in manufacturing upgrading and environmental protection.

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  • Yuping Deng & Chunmei Rong & Rong Chen, 2024. "Does manufacturing servitization reduce emissions intensity? evidence from China," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(32), pages 3904-3919, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:56:y:2024:i:32:p:3904-3919
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2208851
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