Technology gap, global value chain and carbon intensity: Evidence from global manufacturing industries

Ye, C; Ye, Q; Shi, X; Sun, Y

Technology gap, global value chain and carbon intensity: Evidence from global manufacturing industries

Ye, C Ye, Q Shi, X

Sun, Y

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Publisher:: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Energy Policy, 2020, 137
Issue Date:: 2020-02-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Ye, C
dc.contributor.author	Ye, Q
dc.contributor.author	Shi, X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-7395
dc.contributor.author	Sun, Y
dc.date.accessioned	2020-09-22T22:21:05Z
dc.date.available	2020-09-22T22:21:05Z
dc.date.issued	2020-02-01
dc.identifier.citation	Energy Policy, 2020, 137
dc.identifier.issn	0301-4215
dc.identifier.issn	1873-6777
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/142821
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The technological progress of a country may mean that its technology gap compared to the frontier has changed, which will induce a change in its positioning in the global value chain and affect its carbon intensity. Using paten data, Input Output Database and the Global Value Chain Index, we employ systematic Generalized Method of Moments, quantile regression with panel data and multilevel mediation analysis to measure empirically the impact of the technology gap on carbon intensity and positioning on the global value chain. The empirical analysis shows that narrowing the technology gap will reduce significantly a country's carbon intensity. Further, the effect of the technology gap on carbon intensity is more pronounced on industries with higher carbon intensity. The mechanism test using the mediation effect model proves that the impact of the technology gap on carbon intensity is achieved by changing in the position of global value chain. The findings suggest that a country's carbon intensity performance is not only affected by its own technological progress, but also by global frontiers. Therefore, a country should not only pay attention to its own technological progress but also to the development of global frontier technologies and speed of technological progress.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy Policy
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111094
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Energy
dc.title	Technology gap, global value chain and carbon intensity: Evidence from global manufacturing industries
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	137
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2020-09-22T22:20:59Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	137

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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The technological progress of a country may mean that its technology gap compared to the frontier has changed, which will induce a change in its positioning in the global value chain and affect its carbon intensity. Using paten data, Input Output Database and the Global Value Chain Index, we employ systematic Generalized Method of Moments, quantile regression with panel data and multilevel mediation analysis to measure empirically the impact of the technology gap on carbon intensity and positioning on the global value chain. The empirical analysis shows that narrowing the technology gap will reduce significantly a country's carbon intensity. Further, the effect of the technology gap on carbon intensity is more pronounced on industries with higher carbon intensity. The mechanism test using the mediation effect model proves that the impact of the technology gap on carbon intensity is achieved by changing in the position of global value chain. The findings suggest that a country's carbon intensity performance is not only affected by its own technological progress, but also by global frontiers. Therefore, a country should not only pay attention to its own technological progress but also to the development of global frontier technologies and speed of technological progress.

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