ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Commodity Market Segmentation Hinders
Carbon Productivity Gains in Chinese
Agriculture: Moderating Effects of Economic
and Informational Development
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College of Design and Arts, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
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College of Economics, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
Submission date: 2024-04-15
Final revision date: 2024-06-18
Acceptance date: 2024-06-30
Online publication date: 2024-11-06
Corresponding author
Hana Wang
College of Economics, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
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ABSTRACT
The negative externalities of China’s commodity market segmentation have aroused public concern.
At the same time, agricultural carbon emission reduction is an important part of China’s “two-carbon”
target. Therefore, exploring the impact of China’s commodity market segmentation on agricultural
carbon productivity can provide a useful reference for market-oriented economic development and
low-carbon development of developing countries. To this end, based on the panel data of 31 provinces
in China from 2004 to 2021, we analyzed the impact of Chinese commodity market segmentation on
agricultural carbon productivity. The research conclusion shows that, in China, the commodity market
segmentation will significantly inhibit the improvement of agricultural carbon productivity. However,
in the process of this negative influence, economic development and information technology
development play a positive regulatory role, which can alleviate this inhibitory influence. To this end,
China should speed up the construction of a unified domestic market, constantly improve the level of
economic development and information technology, reduce the segmentation of commodity markets,
and improve agricultural carbon productivity.