Title: The efficiency of green total factor productivity of the logistics industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt: a spatial econometric analysis

Authors: Ming De Guo

Addresses: Business College, Jiangxi Institute of Fashion Technology, Nan Chang, Jiangxi, China; Economic and Trade College, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi, Xinjiang, China

Abstract: This paper measures the efficiency and analyses the spatial-driven mechanism of GTFP of the logistics industry from 2009 to 2018. An upward trend was shown regarding the GTFP of the logistics industry, and the Moran's I index showed a spatial positive correlation. The direct and indirect effects of scientific and technological innovation, economic development, industrial structure, and urbanisation were positive regarding the GTFP of the logistics industry, while the direct effects of scientific and technological innovation, economic development, industrial structure, and urbanisation were observed to be significantly greater than the indirect effects on the GTFP of the logistics industry. The direct and indirect effects of FDI, logistics energy intensity, and transportation intensity were negative regarding the GTFP of the logistics industry, and the direct effects were significantly greater than the indirect effects.

Keywords: logistics industry; green total factor productivity; GTFP; SDM model; Malmquist model; Yangtze River Economic Belt.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEE.2022.124628

International Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2022 Vol.11 No.3, pp.250 - 260

Received: 24 Dec 2020
Accepted: 30 Sep 2021
Published online: 29 Jul 2022 *