The Impact of City-Wide Digital Transformation on Green Total Factor Productivity

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2026.01.006

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This study empirically examines the direct effect,transmission mechanism,and spatial spillover effect of city-wide digital transformation on green total factor productivity (GTFP) using data from 284 Chinese cities.The results indicate that city-wide digital transformation can significantly enhance GTFP,with this impact exhibiting regional heterogeneity.Specifically,city-wide digital transformation significantly improves GTFP in eastern,central,and western regions of China,but shows no significant effect in the northeastern region.Mechanism analysis reveals that city-wide digital transformation indirectly boosts GTFP by stimulating urban innovation levels.Spatial econometric analysis further demonstrates that city-wide digital transformation not only enhances local GTFP but also generates positive spatial spillover effects onGTFP in neighboring cities.Accordingly,governments should persistently advance city-wide digital transformation,implement differentiated policies tailored to local conditions,strengthen innovation-driven development,promote inter-city cooperation and exchange,and ultimately enhance regional green productivity as a whole.

Key words:

city, digital , transformation, city-wide , digital , transformation, green , total , factor , productivity , (GTFP), urban , innovation , level, causal , mediation, spatial , spillover , effect

MA Guifen, XIANG Xiao, ZHAO Qianqian.

The Impact of City-Wide Digital Transformation on Green Total Factor Productivity [J]. Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences Edition), 2026, 47(1): 72-83.

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