Prague Economic Papers 2022, 31(3):296-323 | DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.807

Investigating Spatial-Temporal Pattern and Inducing Factors to Green Technology Innovation and High-Quality Economic Development

Chen Yang ORCID...a, Xu Shaorui ORCID...b, Ali Farhan ORCID...c
a School of Economics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
b Business college, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China
c Center for Economic Research, Shandong University, Jinan Shandong, China

Green development prioritizes ecology and sustainability and strengthens scientific and technological innovation to drive high-quality economic development. This paper con- structs a coupled coordination model of a system evaluation index to explore the spatial and temporal pattern of green technology innovation and high-quality economic development. it also employs a Tobit regression model to analyse the influencing factors of coordinated development further. For this purpose, panel data on 30 Chinese provincial administrative regions were selected, ranging from 2010 to 2019. The results indicate that the level of coupling and coordination of green technology innovation with high-quality economic quality shows a steady upward trend and the evolution trend of "basic, moderate, and high coordination". At the same time, differences in coordinated development between regions are obvious, showing a development trend of "high in the east and low in the west". It is affected positively by the industrial structure, urbanization level, economic development level, R&D investment, foreign investment and education investment. In contrast, energy consumption has inhibited the coordinated development of green technology innovation and a high-quality economy coupling.

Keywords: Green technology innovation, high-quality economic development, coupling and coordination, Tobit model
JEL classification: A14, C51, C52, O10, R10

Received: March 6, 2022; Revised: April 26, 2022; Accepted: May 25, 2022; Published: September 22, 2022  Show citation

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