Research of the Urban Green Economy Efficiency and Its Influencing Factors in Taiwan

Abstract

In this paper, the environmental factor is introduced as an input index, the DEA-Malmquist model is evaluated the urban green economy efficiency in Taiwan from 1998 to 2016. Then establishes the Tobit regression model, and analyzes the influencing factors. The conclusion shows that the improving of urban management level is the main driving factor to enhance the urban green economy efficiency in Taiwan, but in the northern area, the technical changes play a significant role. The urban management level can promote the urban green economy in Taiwan. The percentage of the secondary industry and wage level are significant positively correlations. Except for urban scale, the technology and education are negatively correlated with the index of DEA-Malmquist. Other factors, including the percentage of the tertiary industry, the economic development investment and the environmental protection investment do not play a role in developing the urban green economy.