Breaking mineral resource curse through digital economy: Resource-based regions' sustainable path in the age of digitalization

IF 10.2 2区经济学 0 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Resources Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI:10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105379

Yanwei Lyu , Wenqiang Wang , You Wu , Jinning Zhang

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Abstract

As a new economic driver, the digital economy emerged globally in recent years. However, its potential role in alleviating the mineral resource curse may be disregarded. In this paper, urban mineral resource curse and digital economy are scientifically quantified through the data of 265 Chinese cities in 2009–2019. The FE model and spatial Durbin model are employed to examine the direct effects, specific mechanisms as well as spillover effects of digital economy on mineral resource curse. When digital economy is less than 0.123, the digital economy results in a worse mineral resource curse, but when digital economy exceeds 0.123, it turns into an enabler for breaking the mineral resource curse. Green total factor productivity, industrial structure upgrading and technological innovation are not only the major mechanisms for digital economy to break mineral resource curse, but also essential channels for the inverted U-shaped relationship. According to the heterogeneity analysis, mineral resource-based cities or cursed cities derive greater benefits for breaking mineral resource curse from digitalization process.

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通过数字经济打破矿产资源诅咒：资源型地区在数字化时代的可持续发展之路

作为一种新的经济驱动力，数字经济近年来在全球兴起。然而，其在缓解矿产资源诅咒方面的潜在作用可能被忽视。本文通过 2009-2019 年中国 265 个城市的数据，对城市矿产资源诅咒和数字经济进行了科学量化。采用 FE 模型和空间杜宾模型，考察了数字经济对矿产资源诅咒的直接影响、具体机制以及溢出效应。当数字经济小于 0.123 时，数字经济会导致矿产资源诅咒恶化，但当数字经济超过 0.123 时，数字经济会成为打破矿产资源诅咒的助推器。绿色全要素生产率、产业结构升级和技术创新不仅是数字经济打破矿产资源诅咒的主要机制，也是倒 "U "型关系的重要渠道。根据异质性分析，矿产资源型城市或受诅咒城市从数字化进程中获得了更大的打破矿产资源诅咒的收益。

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Resources Policy ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

CiteScore

13.40

自引率

23.50%

发文量

602

审稿时长

69 days

期刊介绍： Resources Policy is an international journal focused on the economics and policy aspects of mineral and fossil fuel extraction, production, and utilization. It targets individuals in academia, government, and industry. The journal seeks original research submissions analyzing public policy, economics, social science, geography, and finance in the fields of mining, non-fuel minerals, energy minerals, fossil fuels, and metals. Mineral economics topics covered include mineral market analysis, price analysis, project evaluation, mining and sustainable development, mineral resource rents, resource curse, mineral wealth and corruption, mineral taxation and regulation, strategic minerals and their supply, and the impact of mineral development on local communities and indigenous populations. The journal specifically excludes papers with agriculture, forestry, or fisheries as their primary focus.