Effects Of Technological Progress Research Articles

Regional productivity in the transformation of China’s energy structure –estimation of the restricted cost function

ABSTRACT In this study, energy structure is introduced into the restricted cost function to study the influence of energy structure transformation (EST) on regional productivity. The analysis indicates that: (i) the average annual productivity of various regions in China has a positive growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6.97% and a downward growth trend from 12.15% to 4.13%. Technological progress has the greatest positive contribution to productivity growth, while energy structure and scale effect have slight negative effects. (ii) Further regional empirical analysis reveals a gradient distributions of eastern > central > western area for productivity growth. Although the effect of technological progress in western area is greater than that of eastern and central areas, low energy efficiency has dragged down its productivity growth. (iii) Factor input bias analysis demonstrates that technological progress tends to factor saving, while energy structure adjustment tends to a slight factor using with different preferences in regions. Inspired by the empirical results, strategies for optimizing policies and regional collaboration are proposed from a systematic perspective.

The impact of revolutionary aircraft designs on global aviation emissions

The discussion about the environmental impact caused by aviation has gained greater prominence due to the increased demand for this sector and, consequently, the increase in the number of flights. Environmental concerns have stimulated the development of novel approaches to reduce pollutants and CO2 emissions. This study aims to assess the impact of disruptive concepts on commercial aircraft by reducing CO2 emissions by 50% by 2050. In this regard the fleet system dynamics model is used to assess the effects of technological progress on future air transport systems. It accounts for the manufacturer’s production capabilities and current projections and forecasts on the needs and evolution of global air transport, as well as their expected entry into service. The main factors reported were production capacity, year of entry of the technology/concept, and the transport capacity and range of aircraft. The sensitivity study on the production capacity of new aircraft/concepts showed that with a 15% increase, emissions can be reduced between 1 and 2.6%, depending on the case and scenario. On the other hand, increasing the aircraft production capacity could lead to a problem of overcapacity.

The impact of technological advancements on carbon emissions in agriculture and rural areas

Rural agriculture is an essential aspect of carbon emission reduction and sequestration and also has the potential to achieve “carbon peak” and “carbon neutrality.” A DEA-Malmquist index model is used to estimate the technical progress of agriculture using panel data from 30 provinces from 2012 to 2021. The evolution trend and spatial correlation of agricultural and rural carbon emissions are measured based on the spatial and temporal dimensions. The dynamic panel spatial lag model was also used to empirically test the mechanism of agricultural technological progress affecting agricultural rural carbon emissions. The results show that: ① There are apparent evolutionary characteristics and spatial agglomeration of agricultural and rural carbon emissions, and carbon pollution between provinces shows a weakening trend ② Agricultural technological progress can effectively drive carbon emission reduction in agriculture and rural areas, and the improvement of the farmers’ income structure can effectively regulate the carbon emission reduction efficacy of the total factor productivity, technological efficiency, and technological upgrading ③ The negative spatial spillover effect of agricultural technological progress on carbon emissions is significant; when the introduction of the farmers’ income structure as an interaction term, the negative spatial spillover effect of agricultural technological progress is significant. The negative spatial spillover effect of agricultural technological progress on carbon emissions is significant; introducing farmers’ income structure as an interaction term weakens the negative spatial spillover effect.

Revisiting the effects of labour, capital and scale-augmenting technological progress on steady-state output

The effects of technical change may not exclusively be labour-augmenting, if it is assumed that linear homogeneity or balanced growth is not applicable. This study identified these effects on the steady-state output growth from labour, capital and scale-augmenting technological progress. The findings imply that a drop in investment-goods prices accelerates output growth but to a lesser extent than capital growth, and increasing (decreasing) returns to scale (IRS/DRS) will lead to faster (slower) per-capita output growth, but the effect is free from constant returns to scale (CRS). It was also found that a higher output elasticity of capital can be beneficial to output growth and that a substantial labour supply is conducive to higher income per capita under IRS but will reduce it if DRS are present, but again, CRS does not occur. Differentiating between labour and capital augmentations in empirical research is challenging, as a direct estimation of the impacts of technical change on output growth is impossible. Thus, an indirect estimation was conducted to measure these impacts as a Solow residual.

Assessing the Implications of Ecological Civilization Pilots in Urban Green Energy Industry on Carbon Emission Mitigation: Evidence from China

This study aims to explore the role of China’s Ecological Civilization Pilot Policies in carbon emissions reduction within the urban green energy industry. It further investigates how these policies influence carbon emissions. To achieve this, a unique incentive–constraint model is established considering China’s distinctive political system. The DID model was used in this study, employing Chinese city data spanning from 2009 to 2020 and analyzing urban panel data with the use of two specific policies as quasi-natural experiments. The analysis reveals the following key findings: (i) Ecological Civilization Pilot Policies in the energy industry substantially contribute to carbon emission reduction through the effects of technological progress and industrial structure optimization; (ii) the unique incentive–restraint mechanism within these policies enhances their effectiveness, with short-term incentives and carefully designed assessment criteria playing a pivotal role in their successful implementation. These findings carry substantial implications for shaping environmental policies within the energy industry, emphasizing the importance of such policies in the ongoing global effort to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainability.

Traces of Anti-Technology (Ludist) Movement: Bibliometric Analysis

The concept of technological progress; It is used to describe the changing production processes with the effect of industrial revolutions, the effects of individuals on employment structures, and the changes and developments in this field. The increase in productivity with the inclusion of machines in the production processes, the savings in time and the idea that artificial intelligence can replace the human brain in the future have made the changes in employment processes and the effects of technological progress on this process controversial. The view that emerged as machine crushing and focused on the negative effects of technological progress on employment in the literature as a ludist movement suggests that machines in production will replace individuals over time and cause negative effects on human welfare. In addition, with the industrial revolutions and technological advances, the dimensions of the ludist movement have shifted to different points such as the use of artificial intelligence instead of the human brain, the disappearance of professions and the emergence of new professions, the development of skills and abilities. In this study, Ludism was considered as a concept that was the subject of research in different fields and it was aimed to contribute to the researchers in the context of the literature by analyzing it bibliometrically.

The general equilibrium effects of localised technological progress: A Classical approach

We study the general equilibrium effects of localised technical progress à la Atkinson–Stiglitz in economies in which capital is a vector of reproducible and heterogeneous goods. We show that there is no obvious relation between ex-ante profitable innovations and the functional distribution of income that actually emerges in equilibrium. Unlike in the standard macroeconomic approach to technical progress, localised innovations may lead to indeterminacy in equilibrium factor prices, and individually rational choices of technique do not necessarily lead to optimal outcomes. Innovations may even cause the disappearance of all equilibria.

Study on the impact of industrial digitization on carbon emissions: evidence from China’s Logistics Industry

Digitization of the industrial sector is critical to combat climate change and reduce carbon emissions. The application of digital technology in traditional high-carbon emission industries can improve energy use efficiency and provide an essential technological path for carbon reduction. This study uses a coupled coordination degree model to measure the degree of integration between China’s logistics industry and the digital economy. An environmental Kurtzwarts curve (EKC) panel and a non-linear mediation model was then constructed to analyse the impact of digitization of China’s logistics industry on carbon emissions and its driving mechanisms using panel data from 30 regions in China from 2011 to 2020. The empirical results show that: (1) The level of integration between the logistics industry and digital economy led to an evident characteristic of ‘high in the east and low in the west.’ However, the regional differences are gradually decreasing over time. (2) The influence of the integration between the logistics industry and digital economy on carbon emission is in an inverted U-shape when the integration degree of the two exceeds the inflection point value of 0.76 to play the role of carbon At present, only in Guangdong, the degree of integration crosses the inflection point and plays an environment-friendly digital role. (3) As a crucial external environmental condition affecting carbon emissions, the degree of integration between logistics and digital economy will play an early role in carbon emission reduction under environmental regulation. (4) The degree of integration of the logistics industry and digital economy achieves carbon emission reduction through strengthening energy use efficiency and technological progress, in which the mediating effect of energy consumption intensity accounts for 23.05% of the total effect, ranging from 18.82% to 31.68%; the mediating effect of technological progress accounts for 13.25% of the total effect, ranging from 12.67% to 14.40%.

Does the Aging of the Chinese Population Have an Impact on Outward Foreign Direct Investment?

Given the progression of population aging in China, does the diminishing demographic dividend boost the promotion of investment abroad in the form of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI)? This empirical study focused on the influence of population aging on outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) decisions and its underlying mechanisms. The research found that population aging has a significant positive effect on the level of OFDI. This effect is particularly pronounced in the eastern and central regions, while not statistically significant in the western region. Furthermore, population aging has a significant impact on the factor cost effect and the technological progress effect. The former is characterized by increased labor costs, while the latter is associated with technological advancements. The study confirmed that population aging positively influences OFDI changes through these two mechanisms. The empirical results hold statistically significant after multiple robustness checks. This study holds a significant reference value in advancing the facilitation of high-level opening-up polices and policy coordination to effectively address the challenges posed by population aging.

Factors analysis for the decoupling of grain production and carbon emissions from crop planting in China: A discussion on the regulating effects of planting scale and technological progress

Judging the carbon emissions of various agricultural inputs in crop planting and clarifying the decoupling level between grain production and carbon emissions from crop planting can provide data support and policy references for agricultural carbon emission reduction. Considering six carbon emission sources (plowing, irrigation, fertilizer, pesticide, agricultural film (agrifilm), and diesel fuel (diefuel)). This research accounted the carbon emissions from crop planting in 31 provinces in China from 2000 to 2021. Using the Tapio model to explore the relationship between grain production and carbon emissions from different types of agricultural inputs. The regulating effects of planting scale, technological progress, and their covariates on carbon emission reduction were explored using two-way fixed-effect regression. The results showed that the growth rate of carbon emissions from crop planting in China had a fluctuating declining trend from 2000 to 2021, and it was weakly decoupled from grain production in most years, and that an overall strong decoupling was achieved in 2021. A 1% increase in planting scale leads to 1.0%, 0.68%, and 0.31% increases in carbon emissions from plowing, irrigation, and diefuel, respectively. The synergistic effect of the planting scale and technological progress can significantly reduce the carbon emissions of crop planting, and thus promote the decoupling of grain production and carbon emissions of crop planting. This study provides valuable references for policy formulation in economies to promote synergy between grain production and carbon reduction targets to a greater extent.

Carbon trading and regional carbon productivity

This study aims to examine how carbon trading policies impact total factor carbon productivity and subsequently provide recommendations for sustainable regional development. Through analyzing the trends in total factor carbon productivity and its mechanisms, this paper suggests that carbon trading policies can significantly enhance total factor carbon productivity. Additional mechanistic tests reveal that carbon trading can promote technological progress, factor accumulation, scale allocation and energy substitution effects; all contributing towards a low-carbon economic transition. These four effects serve to both promote economic growth and contribute towards carbon reduction targets. Therefore, to encourage low-carbon and high-quality development of the region's economy, policymakers must focus not only on constructing and expanding carbon markets, but also emphasize the synergies between these different effects.

The effect of technological progress and income per capita on carbon dioxide emission: the moderating role of economic freedom.

Climate change in context of environmental issues is pushing most of the countries to set the goals in order to achieve carbon neutrality and sustainable development. The recognition of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) thirteen (13) is aided by the objective of this study which is to take an urgent action to combat climate change. In this context, this study investigates the effect of technological progress, income, and foreign direct investment on carbon dioxide emission by taking into consideration the moderating effect of economic freedom in 165 global countries from 2000 to 2020. The study employed ordinary least squares (OLS), fixed effects (FE), and two-step system generalized method of moments for analysis. The findings reveal that economic freedom, income per capita, foreign direct investment, and industry increase carbon dioxide emission while technological progress reduces emission in global countries. Surprisingly, economic freedom indirectly increases the level of carbon emissions by technological progress; however, economic freedom indirectly decreases the level of carbon emissions by income per capita. In this regard, this study favors clean eco-friendly technologies and seeks methods for development without harming the environment. Furthermore, the findings of this study have considerable policy suggestions for the sample countries.

Evolution and driving factors of ocean carbon emission efficiency: A novel perspective on regional differences

Existing studies on carbon emission efficiency seldom discuss ocean carbon emission efficiency, and few studies on ocean carbon emission efficiency hardly discuss its regional differences. To fill this research gap, this paper innovatively measures and evaluates the ocean carbon emission efficiency of 11 Chinese coastal provinces from 2001 to 2019 using the super-efficiency SBM-GML model, and empirically analyzes the dynamic link between ocean carbon emission efficiency, trade openness and financial development by constructing a PVAR model based on an endogeneity perspective. Meanwhile, another major innovation of this study is to divide China's 11 coastal provinces into two coastal areas, north and south, with the Huaihe River as the boundary, in order to investigate the regional heterogeneity of ocean carbon emission efficiency and its influencing factors. The results show that (i) China's average ocean carbon emission efficiency has improved significantly, which is mainly due to the driving effect of technological progress. (ii) China's ocean carbon emission efficiency generally presents a spatial pattern that is higher in the south and lower in the north. Technological progress is the main source of the improvement in ocean carbon emission efficiency in the two regions. (iii) Significant regional heterogeneity exists in the impact of trade openness and financial development on ocean carbon emission efficiency, that is, trade openness and financial development both promote and hinder ocean carbon emission efficiency in the southern region than in the northern region. Finally, targeted policy recommendations are proposed.

How the energy technology influences the total factor of energy efficiency?: evidence from China.

Technological progress is of great importance to total-factor energy efficiency (TFEE). However, previous research has not narrowed technological progress into the energy field, generating rough and ambiguous empirical evidence for policymakers. In addition, technological progress is often discussed from a conventional perspective as a whole, ignoring its heterogeneity and spillover effect between regions. This study applies the stock of energy patents to reflect the effect of technological progress in the energy field on TFEE at first. The dynamic models are then employed to investigate if and how technological progress influences TFEE from the conventional and spatial perspectives for China's over the period of 2000-2016. The conventional analysis shows that energy technology is of great importance to TFEE. However, the creation-type of technology coming from businesses specifically is shown to have more success in enhancing TFEE than other types of energy technology. Further evidence coming from the spatial econometrics demonstrates that technology spillovers across regions are rather common and have significant effects on TFEE.

Revisiting rebound effects of energy use and pollutant emissions: The role of technological change

Measuring the rebound effect (RE) of energy use and pollutant emissions is fundamental to characterizing the effects of technological progress on energy conservation and emissions reduction. This paper presents a total-factor RE model that combines the Fixed effects (FE) model, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and Luenberger Productivity Indicator (LPI). The proposed model takes into account two types of disposability for variable-specific decomposition for LPI. The model includes two general indices, static inefficiency performance and dynamic inefficiency performance, which can be used to assess performance in the industrial sector and measure technological change and RE. The results show that switching from natural to managerial disposability improves energy RE by 12% but reduce RE of NOx and SO2 emissions by 22% and 24%, respectively. These findings suggest that cleaner energy expansion can promote energy RE, while reducing environmental RE.

Driving factors and decoupling analysis of natural gas consumption in major Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries.

Natural gas is regarded as the main transition energy under the carbon-neutral strategy and its main consumers are Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, accounting for 44.5% of world consumption in 2021. In order to investigate the effects of technology, industry, and regions on natural gas consumption, 12 major Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries from three different country groups were selected in this paper to explore the consumption change. Firstly, the Logarithmetic Mean Divisia Index model is adopted to find out the driving factors. Then, the Tapio model is used to consider the decoupling state between natural gas consumption and economic growth. The results can be concluded as follows: (a) From 2000 to 2020, the technological progress effect has the biggest values of -148.86, followed by the industrial structure effect and the regional scale effect, with values of - 37.04 and 29.42, respectively. (b) From the perspective of industry view, these three effects have the largest impact on the secondary industry, followed by the tertiary industry and primary industry; (c) the regional scale effect has a positive effect on most countries, and the industrial structure effect and the regional scale effect have a negative effect on most countries; (d) the decoupling state vary differently in countries with different groups. Therefore, we concluded two policy recommendations for nature gas reduction: (a) Technological innovation is the most effective way for reducing natural gas consumption; (b) Industrial structure optimization can help save natural gas consumption.

Green finance, the low-carbon energy transition, and environmental pollution: evidence from China.

With 2008-2020 China's provincial panel data as the research object, we use the entropy weight method to compute green finance and pollution, and we empirically study the scope of the spillover effects and threshold impacts of green finance on environmental pollution using the spatial Durbin model and threshold regression model. The findings are as follows: first, under different spatial weight matrices, green finance has a spatial spillover effect on pollution. And the effect boundary is approximately 500km. Second, with the low-carbon energy transition, technological progress, and green finance as threshold variables, there are a single threshold, single threshold, and double threshold, respectively, that have significant threshold effects. Third, the spillover and threshold effects of green finance on pollution differ by region. The indirect effect is negative in the eastern region and positive in the central and western regions. There is a single threshold effect of low-carbon energy transition and green finance in the western region, a single threshold effect of green finance in the central region, and a single threshold effect of technological progress in the eastern region. On this basis, we put forward. specific policy recommendations.

A special Reference to Pride, Identity and Belonging in Eugene O'Neill’s play “The Hairy Ape”

The present article views O’Neill’s early play, The Hairy Ape , with a special reference to Pride , identity and the feeling of belonging. Eugene O’Neill, was an American author particularly, known for his plays. All his plays are based on social evils that were prevalent at that time in America. This play is based on the issue that how industrialization and technological progress effects worker. This paper also highlights the issue that how after the coming of machine human values are degraded and After this huge industrialization human being lost his feeling of identity belonging and pride. This study also touches the aspects that how yank lost his sense of belonging when he meets with Mildred Douglas who is the representative of the affluent section of society. This paper is also a study of rich v/s poor and apart from that it’s also illustrate the aspect that how capitalism system exploits individuals self. It is also based on the aspect of low wages and unemployment that is the common problem of today’s youth in 21th century. So, this play is representation of insane society of today. It’s only the society who gives man the sense of meaning of life. So, we can say that this word is class and community and everyone need this. Man’s identity in this universe is a question which needs a satisfactory answer. In The Hairy Ape O’Neil discusses the issues of man’s identity and pride and how this society is responsible for the alienation of a person. Yank is not only one representative of disrupted American Society but there are other so many yanks whose life is seems to them meaningless. So, we can say that this earth is place where rich people use poor people like machines.

Research on the Impact of Energy Price on Carbon Emission Intensity of China—An Empirical Study Based on LMDI Decomposition and Econometric Models

Taking the data of various sectors and three industries from 1980 to 2019 as the research object, the LMDI-I (Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index) multiplicative decomposition model, which is based on the principle of decomposing the change in energy consumption into the contribution of each factor, was used to decompose the carbon emission intensity into technological progress effect and economic structure changing effect. Meanwhile, quantitative econometric models of energy price, economic growth, energy consumption structure, and the two effects were also established. The empirical results showed that energy price, economic growth, and energy consumption structure significantly influenced the reduction in carbon emission intensity. A positive U-shaped relationship between energy prices and carbon emission intensity was overserved, and the rise of energy prices mainly drive the decline of carbon emission intensity through the effect of technological progress. However, the effect of economic structure driven by the rise of energy prices was limited; thus, further optimization of economic structure is needed. Additionally, the proportion of coal consumption was positively correlated with the technological progress effect and economic structure change effect, while the decrease in coal consumption proportion promoted the decline of carbon emission intensity. Finally, three recommendations based on the analysis were proposed.

Money in the age of bits and bytes: Technology in reshaping finance

In contemporary times, there has been a growing convergence between the finance and technology sectors. The emergence of FinTech has revolutionized the delivery of financial services and created new opportunities for innovation in the financial sector. The use of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and mobile banking are examples of how technology is reshaping the financial industry. This case explores the emergence of the Indian banking sector’s adoption of technology, starting with computerization in the late 1980’s and its growth through to the present day. Financial services have benefited from technology in the form of streamlined processes, lower costs, happier customers, and easier access to relevant data. In addition, by using technology, risk can be evaluated, superior investments can be made, and customer habits may be comprehended. Conversely, technology presents a set of difficulties such as cybersecurity risks, financial misconduct, prejudiced algorithms, and the marginalization of specific demographics from digital financial amenities. This case brings out the perspective that the future of financial services is expected to be shaped in large part by the effects of technological progress.