Li Hong, Chen Xiaohui
School of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, 611100, China.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Yibin University, Yibin, 644000, China.
Heliyon. 2024 Dec 12;11(1):e41159. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41159. eCollection 2025 Jan 15.
In digital economy era, digital technology is a key force to promote green technological innovation (GTI). Digital technology administrative penalties (DTAP) are an important means to regulate the development of digital technology enterprises, but its ability to effectively guide digital technology enterprises to better serve GTI remains to be further examined. DTAP sends signals to physical enterprises, financial enterprises, and individuals, thereby affecting the allocation of resources, such as technology, talent, and funds. Green technology innovation requires support from these resources, raising the question of how DTAP may affect GTI. This study proposes hypotheses based on signal theory and uses urban data from China from 2008 to 2020 to empirically test the impact of DTAP on GTI. The research findings indicate that DTAP is conducive to improving regional GTI, and DTAP facilitates GTI by fostering digital industrialization and financial technology development. The heterogeneity analysis reveals that the DTAP has a stronger promotion effect on the GTI in municipalities and low-carbon pilot cities. Our research is meaningful and can serve as a reference for other developing countries to standardize administrative supervision of the digital economy and promote the green economic transformation.
在数字经济时代，数字技术是推动绿色技术创新（GTI）的关键力量。数字技术行政处罚（DTAP）是规范数字技术企业发展的重要手段，但其有效引导数字技术企业更好地服务于绿色技术创新的能力仍有待进一步考察。数字技术行政处罚向实体企业、金融企业和个人发出信号，从而影响技术、人才和资金等资源的配置。绿色技术创新需要这些资源的支持，这就引发了数字技术行政处罚如何影响绿色技术创新的问题。本研究基于信号理论提出假设，并利用中国2008年至2020年的城市数据对数字技术行政处罚对绿色技术创新的影响进行实证检验。研究结果表明，数字技术行政处罚有利于提高区域绿色技术创新水平，且数字技术行政处罚通过促进数字产业化和金融科技发展来推动绿色技术创新。异质性分析表明，数字技术行政处罚对直辖市和低碳试点城市的绿色技术创新具有更强的促进作用。我们的研究具有重要意义，可为其他发展中国家规范数字经济行政监管、推动绿色经济转型提供参考。
