The Business School, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, People's Republic of China.
School of Economics, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Jan;31(3):4946-4969. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-31393-9. Epub 2023 Dec 18.
In the context of economic servitization and low carbonization, the problem of carbon emissions in the service industry is worthy of attention. An essential channel for restraining carbon emissions from the service industry is industrial agglomeration. Based on provincial panel data from 2004 to 2021 in China, this study empirically analyzes the influence of the service industry's agglomeration on its CO emissions. The findings indicate that agglomeration significantly reduces the industry's carbon emissions. Next, producer services agglomeration has a significant carbon-reduction effect, whereas non-producer services agglomeration does not. Moreover, service industry agglomeration helps to restrain carbon emissions from the service industry in East China. However, it does not significantly affect carbon emissions in Central or West China. Regarding the moderating effect, foreign direct investment can enhance service industry agglomeration's carbon-reduction effect. Based on the results, relevant policy implications are provided.
在经济服务化和低碳化的背景下，服务业的碳排放问题值得关注。制约服务业碳排放的一个重要途径是产业集聚。本文基于中国 2004-2021 年省级面板数据，实证分析了服务业集聚对其二氧化碳排放的影响。研究结果表明，集聚显著降低了产业的碳排放。其次，生产者服务业集聚具有显著的碳减排效应，而非生产者服务业集聚则没有。此外，服务业集聚有助于抑制东部地区服务业的碳排放。然而，它对中部或西部地区的碳排放没有显著影响。就调节效应而言，外商直接投资可以增强服务业集聚的碳减排效应。基于研究结果，提出了相关的政策建议。
