August 19, 2025SustainabilityOpen Access

Assessing the Impact of the Digital Economy on Carbon Emission Reduction: A Test of the Mediation Effect Based on Industrial Agglomeration

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Panel data analysis shows the digital economy reduces carbon emissions in cities, suggesting implications for policy.

A one-percentage-point increase in digital economy development reduces carbon emission intensity by 0.091%.
Higher levels of industrial agglomeration weaken carbon mitigation effects by approximately 6%, contrary to expectations.
The study utilizes panel data from 278 Chinese cities between 2011 and 2020 to analyze this relationship.
These findings provide valuable policy implications for optimizing industrial agglomeration and energy-saving strategies.

Mao et al. (2025) studied this question.

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