School of Business, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
PLoS One. 2023 Sep 14;18(9):e0291637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291637. eCollection 2023.
Under the new development pattern, both "digital" and "low-carbon" development have entered the fast track, and digital transformation has become an important path to promote green development and enhance total factor productivity in agriculture. Based on the data of agricultural companies, this paper empirically verifies the impact of voluntary environmental regulations on total factor productivity. The empirical results show that voluntary environmental regulation has a significant positive impact on total factor productivity of agribusiness. In the mechanistic analysis, it is found that voluntary environmental regulations accelerate the digital transformation process of firms, which in turn increases their total factor productivity. In addition, the level of government environmental concern contributes to the increase of voluntary environmental regulations on firms' total factor productivity. The findings have practical implications for the sustainable development of agribusiness, providing empirical evidence for policy formulation and adjustment, and helping the agricultural economy to achieve high-quality development.
在新发展格局下，“数字化”和“低碳化”发展齐头并进，数字化转型成为推动农业绿色发展、提高全要素生产率的重要路径。本文利用农业上市公司数据，实证检验了自愿环境规制对农业企业全要素生产率的影响。研究结果表明，自愿环境规制对农业企业全要素生产率具有显著的正向影响。在机制分析中发现，自愿环境规制能够加速企业的数字化转型进程，进而提高企业全要素生产率。此外，政府环境关切水平也有助于提高企业自愿环境规制对全要素生产率的促进作用。研究结果为农业企业的可持续发展提供了实践启示，为政策制定和调整提供了经验证据，有助于推动农业经济实现高质量发展。
