Impact of energy conservation policies on the green productivity in China's manufacturing sector: Evidence from a three-stage DEA model

K Li, B Lin - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This study introduces an improved Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index to measure the
green productivity growth of China's manufacturing sector during the 11th Five-Year Period …

Measuring green productivity growth of Chinese industrial sectors during 1998–2011

K Li, B Lin - China Economic Review, 2015 - Elsevier
This study proposes an improved method for measuring green productivity growth in order to
overcome the “discriminating power problem” and “technical regress” associated with the …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the sustainability of China's industrial sectors: A data-driven approach with total energy consumption constraint

Q Zhu, X Li, F Li, J Wu, J Sun - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Tight energy constraints and severe environmental pollution are two main problems
affecting economic growth and sustainable development. As an important economic growth …

[HTML][HTML] A framework for measuring global Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index with CO2 emissions on Chinese manufacturing industries

A Emrouznejad, G Yang - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
China has achieved significant progress in terms of economic and social developments
since implementation of reform and open policy in 1978. However, the rapid speed of …

Economic growth model, structural transformation, and green productivity in China

K Li, B Lin - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impacts of investment-driven economic growth model, as well as
rationalization and upgrading of the industrial structure on green productivity in 30 Chinese …

Green total factor productivity of China's mining and quarrying industry: a global data envelopment analysis

X Zhu, Y Chen, C Feng - Resources Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
China's mining and quarrying industry is characterized by “high pollution, high energy
consumption, and high emissions.” Improving this sector's green total factor productivity …

Energy efficiency and productivity change of China's iron and steel industry: Accounting for undesirable outputs

F He, Q Zhang, J Lei, W Fu, X Xu - Energy Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper used data from 50 enterprises in China's iron and steel industry to evaluate their
energy efficiency and productivity change. The study first used a conventional data …

Carbon neutrality and green technology innovation efficiency in Chinese textile industry

X Xu, X Cui, Y Zhang, X Chen, W Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The present trend of rapid expansion in the textile industry is highly polluting and energy
intensive, and the government intervention is necessitated. This study develops a Data …

Green total factor productivity growth and its determinants in China's industrial economy

C Chen, Q Lan, M Gao, Y Sun - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper employs directional distance function (DDF) and the global Malmquist–
Luenberger (GML) productivity index to measure the green total factor productivity (GTFP) …

The drivers of China's regional green productivity, 1999–2013

G Liu, B Wang, Z Cheng, N Zhang - Resources, Conservation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the tendencies of China's green total-factor productivity (TFP) and its
factors for regional green growth. We strengthen the robustness by constructing three …