Analysis and Measurement of Barriers to Green Transformation Behavior of Resource Industries

Cunfang Li; Tao Song; Wenfu Wang; Xinyi Gu; Zhan Li; Yongzeng Lai

doi:10.3390/ijerph192113821

Analysis and Measurement of Barriers to Green Transformation Behavior of Resource Industries

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 24;19(21):13821. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192113821.

Authors

Cunfang Li¹, Tao Song¹, Wenfu Wang¹, Xinyi Gu¹, Zhan Li¹, Yongzeng Lai²

Affiliations

¹ School of Business, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101 Shanghai Road, Copper Mt. District, Xuzhou 221008, China.
² Department of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada.

Abstract

To effectively guide and stimulate the green transformation behavior of resource industries and promote the sustainable and high-quality development of the region, it is necessary to deeply analyze and clarify the barrier factors of the green transformation behavior of resource industries. This study measures the green transformation efficiency of the resource industries by selecting the panel data of the mining industry from 29 Chinese provinces, based on the DEA-SBM model, and employing the ideas and methods of system engineering, for the years 2012-2019. Hence, the study employs the Tobit model to verify the factors that hinder the green transformation behavior of the resource industries. The results show that the (1) resource industries' barriers against the green transformation behavior form a significant barrier effect by inhibiting the efficiency of green transformation; (2) there is a difference in the intensity of the effect of the resource industries' barriers to the green transformation behavior; (3) regional heterogeneity exists in the effects of the barriers to the green transformation behavior of the resource industries. The findings of the study can provide a scientific basis for further improving the effectiveness of policies related to the green transformation behavior of resource industries.

Keywords: Tobit model; analysis and measurement; barrier factors; green transformation behavior; resource industries.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China
Economic Development
Efficiency*
Industry*

Grants and funding

This paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Project (Grant No. 72074102), and Research and Practice Innovation Program for Postgraduates in Jiangsu Province (Grant No. KYCX21_2542).