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Digital economy, technological innovation, and green economic efficiency—Empirical evidence from 277 cities in China

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  1. Wei Mo & Jiumei Chen & Jing Shi & Yue Long, 2025. "Impact of government funding for science and technology on regional innovation capability: An empirical study on a key economic and technological innovation zone in China," SAGE Open, , vol. 15(4), pages 21582440251, October.
  2. Ziyu Meng & Wen-Bo Li & Chaofan Chen & Chenghua Guan, 2023. "Carbon Emission Reduction Effects of the Digital Economy: Mechanisms and Evidence from 282 Cities in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-21, March.
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  5. Baijun Liu & Huaichao Chen & Ying Zhang & Shan Bai, 2024. "The Impact of Digital Finance on Provincial Carbon Productivity: Empirical Evidence from China," SAGE Open, , vol. 14(4), pages 21582440241, December.
  6. Shen, Hongshan & Qin, Mengyao & Li, Tianyi & Zhang, Xuan & Zhao, Yang, 2024. "Digital finance and industrial structure upgrading: Evidence from Chinese counties," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 95(PB).
  7. Yiming Li & Liru Bai, 2024. "Analyzing Green Growth Efficiency in China and Investigating the Spatial Effects of Fiscal Decentralization: Case Study of Prefecture-Level Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-28, April.
  8. Wei-Liang Zhang & Li-Ying Song & Muhammad Ilyas, 2023. "Can the digital economy promote fiscal effort?: Empirical evidence from Chinese cities," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 56(5), pages 3501-3525, October.
  9. Fu, Haoliang & Li, Mao & Guo, Wenwei & Huang, Jinbo, 2025. "Digital transformation and carbon reduction: Evidence from Chinese listed companies," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
  10. Guoteng Xu & Jingtong Shan & Chengjiang Li & Xia Chen & Na Zhou, 2023. "Study on the Innovation-Driven Effect of Digital Economy on Real Economy—A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis from an R&D Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-18, October.
  11. Wenqi Liao, 2023. "How does the digital economy affect the development of the green economy? Evidence from Chinese cities," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(8), pages 1-24, August.
  12. Wang, Kang & Sun, Kang & Li, Yifei & Xie, Qian, 2025. "Can digital technology break the financing dilemma of innovative SMEs? Based on the perspective of enterprise innovation," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
  13. Lindong Ma & Yuanxiao Hong & Xihui Chen & Xiaoyong Quan, 2022. "Can Green Innovation and New Urbanization Be Synergistic Development? Empirical Evidence from Yangtze River Delta City Group in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-21, May.
  14. Nana Chai & Ziyuan Gong & Chunguang Bai & Mohammad Zoynul Abedin & Baofeng Shi, 2025. "A socio-technology perspective for building a Chinese regional green economy," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 347(1), pages 289-332, April.
  15. Zhang Meili & Li Baizhou, 2023. "How Does Regional R&D Investment Agglomeration Affect High-Quality Economic Development? Evidence From China," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.
  16. Bo Xu & Rengui Sun & Cunhu Xi & Zhaoping Wang, 2025. "Digital governance and the low-carbon transition: evidence from double machine learning," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, December.
  17. Du, Yang & Xu, Jun & Yuan, Xiao, 2025. "How public digital governance system affects firms' digital technology innovation performance: Base on open innovation perspective," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
  18. Dian, Jie & Song, Tian & Li, Shenglan, 2024. "Facilitating or inhibiting? Spatial effects of the digital economy affecting urban green technology innovation," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
  19. Jiahui Sun & Hechun Wu & Song Shi, 2025. "Research on the Relationship Between Higher Education, Technological Innovation, and Green Economy—Analysis Based on Chinese Data from 2011 to 2020," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(2), pages 8546-8587, June.
  20. Jianing Xu & Weidong Li, 2022. "The Impact of the Digital Economy on Innovation: New Evidence from Panel Threshold Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-19, November.
  21. Wang, Bo & Wang, Jianda, 2025. "China’s green digital era: How does digital economy enable green economic growth?," Innovation and Green Development, Elsevier, vol. 4(1).
  22. Henryk Dzwigol & Aleksy Kwilinski & Oleksii Lyulyov & Tetyana Pimonenko, 2023. "The Role of Environmental Regulations, Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency in Finding the Path to Green Economic Growth," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-18, March.
  23. Xia, Xiqiang & Chishti, Muhammad Zubair & Dogan, Eyup, 2024. "Transition towards the sustainable development: unraveling the effects of mineral markets, Belt & Road Initiative, and the Paris Agreement on green economic growth," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
  24. Ma, Zhuoya & Xiao, Hui & Li, Jing & Chen, Hanting & Chen, Wenhui, 2025. "Study on how the digital economy affects urban carbon emissions," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
  25. Ai, Mingye & Zhang, Wei & Du, Shurong & Yu, Xiaohan & Bu, Yan, 2024. "The impact of digitalization on the green transformation of China's industrial sectors: The mediating role of green technology innovation and technological transformation," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 96(PC).
  26. Wen Chen & Changyi Zhu & Qi Cheung & Siying Wu & Jun Zhang & Jia Cao, 2024. "How does digitization enable green innovation? Evidence from Chinese listed companies," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(5), pages 3832-3854, July.
  27. Shen, Xiaobo & Lin, Boqiang & Wang, Zhicheng, 2025. "Industrial informatization and electricity substitution: Towards a cleaner energy utilization structure," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 333(C).
  28. Wenfei Song & Xianfeng Han, 2024. "Does the digital economy contribute to China’s energy transition?," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 57(5), pages 1-25, October.
  29. Cui, Jun & Du, Desheng, 2025. "New quality productive forces, urban-rural integration and industrial chain resilience," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
  30. Ling, Shixian & Gao, Hongfu & Yuan, Di, 2024. "Catalytic role of the digital economy in fostering corporate green technology innovation: a mechanism for sustainability transformation in China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 278-292.
  31. Zhang, Huaqing & Cai, Cen & Zhang, Xiangjian & Tu, Yongqian & Zhu, Qianyu, 2024. "Relationship between business environment and regional innovation level: Examining the moderating role of digital finance," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 96(PA).
  32. Zhijiang Li & Decai Tang, 2024. "Pathways of the Digital Economy’s Impact on Green Total Factor Productivity in the Construction Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-24, December.
  33. Zhang, Pan & Wang, Shihong & Li, Boying, 2025. "Harnessing government digital attention: Reducing carbon emissions through the pathways of digitalization," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 1008-1019.
  34. Liang, Yufan & He, Xiaolong, 2024. "Does the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot area policy help to improve the level of urban technological innovation?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 1258-1271.
  35. Danxue Fan & Meiyue Li, 2024. "Digital Economy Development and Green Innovation Efficiency from a Two-Stage Innovation Value Chain Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-20, May.
  36. Cai, Hechang & Wang, Zilong & Ji, Yi & Xu, Liuyang, 2024. "Digitalization and innovation: How does the digital economy drive technology transfer in China?," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
  37. Ziyao Fang & Ziyang Liu, 2025. "Digital Innovations Driving Urban Sustainability: Key Factors in Reducing Carbon Emissions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-25, March.
  38. Zhang, Haonan & Yu, Guanchen, 2024. "Reducing costs or increasing efficiency? Unveiling the effects and mechanisms of the digital economy on sustained green innovation," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
  39. Liu, Ziyang & Yang, Baogui, 2026. "Digital economy, green total factor energy efficiency constraints and corporate resilience," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
  40. Xiaodi Zhao & Lei Shen & Zhengyun Jiang, 2024. "The impact of the digital economy on creative industries development: Empirical evidence based on the China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-18, March.
  41. Lin, Boqiang & Huang, Chenchen, 2023. "How will promoting the digital economy affect electricity intensity?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
  42. Xiang Cheng & Xiaohui Chen, 2024. "The digital economy and power consumption: empirical analysis based on consumption intensity in China," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(8), pages 19755-19777, August.
  43. Wang, Jianda & Dong, Kangyin & Sha, Yezhou & Yan, Cheng, 2022. "Envisaging the carbon emissions efficiency of digitalization: The case of the internet economy for China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
  44. Umar Nawaz Kayani & Misbah Sadiq & Mustafa Raza Rabbani & Ahmet Faruk Aysan & Farrukh Nawaz Kayani, 2023. "Examining the Relationship between Economic Growth, Financial Development, and Carbon Emissions: A Review of the Literature and Scientometric Analysis," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 13(2), pages 489-499, March.
  45. Wang, Qiang & Gui, Keyi & Hou, Hong & Zhao, Yanrong, 2026. "The corporate value of innovation: Evidence from China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 73-89.
  46. Xiaomei Li & Huchuan Deng & Xuanrui Yu & Jiehong Li & Yang Yu, 2024. "Research on the Coordinated Development of Digital Economy, Green Technology Innovation, and Ecological Environment Quality—A Case Study of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-27, June.
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  48. Qihang Xue & Caiquan Bai & Weiwei Xiao, 2022. "Fintech and corporate green technology innovation: Impacts and mechanisms," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(8), pages 3898-3914, December.
  49. Guomin Song & Fengyan Wang & Feng Dong, 2024. "Can digital economy foster synergistic increases in green innovation and corporate value? Evidence from China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(6), pages 1-29, June.
  50. Yang, Chen & Hu, Zongyi, 2026. "Data element resource supply and enterprise green innovation quality," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
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  52. Xu, Ting & Xuan, Siyuan & Xuan, Xiaoqin, 2025. "Green finance as a catalyst for energy transition: Green total factor productivity and digital economy," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
  53. Li Zhou & Shuning Zhang & Chenjing Zhou & Shuai Yuan & Hong Jiang & Yifeng Wang, 2024. "The impact of the digital economy on high-quality agricultural development——Based on the regulatory effects of financial development," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-25, March.
  54. Zhao, Ruizeng & Sun, Jiasen & Wang, Xinyue, 2024. "Synergistic impact of digital finance and urban agglomeration policy on carbon emission reduction," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
  55. Zhang, Cheng & Jian, Yaode & Zhou, Zhongsheng & Zhou, Bo, 2024. "Can the digital economy close the gender wage gap? Evidence from China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
  56. Zhaoyu Chen & Mad Ithnin Salleh, 2025. "Typologies of Service Supply Chain Resilience: A Multidimensional Analysis from China’s Regional Economies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(13), pages 1-24, July.
  57. Kesen Zhang & Gefang Deborah, 2025. "Digitalization, internationalization and green innovation in China: an analysis based on threshold and mediation effects," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 50(3), pages 962-994, June.
  58. Bai, Haoyu & Chen, Yuntan & Zhang, Ziyu, 2025. "Exploring the mitigating role of sustainable innovation in supply chain disruption risks under the digital economy," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
  59. Liu, Yiling & Lin, Yu-Cheng, 2025. "Converting knowledge into Productivity: The role of intellectual property empowerment and digital economy in enhancing regional new quality productivity forces - Evidence from China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
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