ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Does Digital Economy Development Successfully
Drive the Quality of Green Innovation in China?
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School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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School of Information and Management Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou City,
Henan Province, China
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School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China
Submission date: 2022-11-07
Final revision date: 2023-01-03
Acceptance date: 2023-01-14
Online publication date: 2023-02-24
Publication date: 2023-04-14
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(3):2001-2014
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ABSTRACT
Based on the systematic analysis of the development trend of the digital economy and regional
structure, we focused on the heterogeneous influence mechanism of digital economy development
on regional green innovation quality. The research finds that, on the whole, the development of the
digital economy has a significant promoting effect on the improvement of regional green innovation
quality. Interestingly, with the improvement of the development level of the digital economy, there are
differences in its driving mechanisms for the quality of regional green innovation. A lesser level of
digital economy development is not conducive to improving the quality of regional green innovation.
But when digital economy development rises, it can positively drive the quality of regional green
innovation. Once the level of digital economy development breaks through the critical scale. In other
words, the higher the level of inter-regional digital economy development, the more beneficial it is to
promote the quality of green innovation.