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Factor allocation has an important impact on production efficiency, and this study discusses factor misallocation and proposes an optimized method that could improve efficiency and reduce factor inputs. Under a multi-industry competitive equilibrium...

With the increase in labor costs in China and the tremendous changes in the international trade environment, upgrading the total factor productivity of Chinese furniture export enterprises faces a great challenge. Lots of studies have explored the in...

Whether the market-oriented allocation of data factors can simultaneously improve electricity resource allocation efficiency and environmental performance is a key question for the synergy between the digital economy and the green low-carbon transiti...

The misallocation of production factors, with structural misallocation as an important aspect, is a key instigator of low total factor productivity (TFP) growth rate in China, but one important question is which structural misallocation of what facto...

Continuous resource misallocation not only results in total factor productivity loss but also leads to ecological degradation. Therefore, in the process of changing from extensive growth to intensive growth, Chinese agriculture should pay attention t...

The proper allocation of corporate capital is critical to sustainable business development, and misallocation of resources can impede sustainable economic growth and competitive markets. This study investigates the relationship between market power a...

Improving the efficiency of factor allocation in food production is the foundation for accelerating the formation of new quality productivity and achieving an agricultural green transformation. However, there has been no scholarly focus on their mech...

How environmental regulation affects factor allocation is becoming an emerging hot topic in academia. In this paper, we construct a dynamic general equilibrium model accommodating environmental regulatory shock based on the H-K framework to explain t...

A vast theoretical and empirical literature has been devoted to exploring the relationship between environmental regulation and total factor productivity (TFP), but no consensus has been reached and the reason may be attributed to the fact that the r...

The inefficient allocation of resources in agricultural production not only affects the quality of agricultural development and the efficiency of resource utilization but also represents a pivotal issue that constrains the sustainable progress of agr...

Industrial structure upgrading serves as an important driving force for the sustained and healthy development of the economy, and it has a positive effect on reducing carbon emission intensity. This study uses provincial panel data from China from 20...

Promoting the high-quality development of agriculture is an inevitable requirement toward realizing the transformation from a large agricultural country to a powerful one, and optimizing factor allocation is a prerequisite. In this paper, we use spat...

The reasonable allocation of grain production factors is of vital importance to food security and agricultural development. To assess the impact of agricultural factor misallocation on food security, this paper, based on the panel data from China spa...

We investigated the impact of environmental regulation on total factor productivity (TFP) based on a panel dataset of 284 cities at the prefecture-level and above in mainland China from 2006 to 2020 and examined whether environmental regulation had a...

Optimizing factor allocation is the premise of promoting high-quality development of agriculture. Based on the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2004 to 2020, this paper examines the relationship between factor mismatch and high-quality agricu...

As an important policy instrument for promoting regional integration, county-to-district reform plays a significant role in advancing coordinated regional development and optimizing the market-based allocation of factors. Using a balanced panel of 27...

As an emerging economy, the combination of the digital economy and industrial development can lead to a variety of new industries and new formats and form new momentum. This paper aims to analyze how the digital economy affects sustainable agricultur...

China has achieved rapid industrial development, but at the same time, the problems of tightening energy supply and environmental degradation have become increasingly prominent. Improving green total factor productivity (GTFP) has become a central ta...

Within a spatial-economics framework, this paper extends a general-equilibrium model to examine how high-speed rail (HSR) openings reduce migration costs and thereby alleviate regional factor misallocation. The model predicts that improved connectivi...

Drawing on evidence from China’s land market, this study systematically investigates the impact of land misallocation on economic resilience and reveals the underlying mechanism that operates by suppressing technological advancement. A theoreti...

Reasonable evaluation of the transformation efficiency of resource-based cities can provide a reliable basis for correcting factor misallocation and optimizing factor allocation. This study improves the directional distance function from the aspects...

The widespread application of new-generation information technology, such as big data and artificial intelligence, has promoted the development of economic and technological transformation and the deep integration of digital and real economies. The d...

Resource misallocation (RM) refers to the existence of marginal output inequalities between different industries or companies in an economy. Prior studies of RM have mostly focused on effect analysis, construction industry structure upgrades, and org...

Enhancing urban industrial land use efficiency (UILUE) is critical for addressing human–land conflicts and promoting sustainable urban development. However, the role of data trading in influencing UILUE remains insufficiently examined in the li...

The manner of achieving high-quality economic development in China through artificial intelligence (AI) has become a focus of academic attention. On the basis of panel data of prefecture-level cities in China from 2010 to 2021, this research utilizes...

Efficient and unimpeded factor allocation constitutes the cornerstone of urban–rural integrated development. Using panel data from 281 prefecture-level cities in China spanning the period from 2011 to 2023, this study employs a two-way fixed-ef...

The study focuses on examining how the total factor productivity (TFP) of China’s agriculture-related enterprises is affected by the reform of “County Administrated by Province” (CAP). Using panel data from 1998 to 2013, with a samp...

Against the backdrop of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), innovation-driven development serves as the core engine of long-term sustainable economic development, while resource misallocation has emerged as a critical bottleneck...

The resource allocation efficiency of the energy industry in the Yangtze River economic belt is related to the green and high-quality development of the region. This study constructed a quantitative model which modified from the traditional HK model...

Based on the panel data of prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2019, this paper uses the PSM-DID method to empirically test the internal impact mechanism among high-speed railway opening, inter-regional factor allocation efficiency, and urb...

In comparison to agglomeration economies, the negative externalities of agglomeration have received less attention. Based on the punishment data of illegal loans from Chinese bank branches, this paper focuses on the relationship between density and c...

As an essential factor of production, energy is receiving increased attention. Yet, other than some fundamental policy suggestions towards China’s energy issues, there have been very few investigations into energy misallocation so far. The meas...

The misallocation of renewable (RE) and non-renewable energy (NRE) resources may lead to the inefficiency of economic development, thereby hindering the achievement of sustainable development goals. Basing data on 282 Chinese cities during 2005&ndash...

Increasing agricultural output by reducing capital misallocation is a capital-saving strategy, as it does not require the usage of additional inputs. Based on the panel data of 36 prefecture-level cities in Northeast China from 2011 to 2020, this pap...

The trade-off between economic growth and ecological improvement has always become an important and difficult issue for many countries, especially for developing countries. Due to a long-term extensive economic growth pattern, the regional resource a...

Resource misallocation is one of the important manifestations of agricultural supply-side distortion and an important causal factor that hinders food production increase and affects food security. Did the COVID-19 pandemic intensify China’s foo...

Improving the efficiency of green development is an important means of achieving high-quality development, and the optimal allocation of financial resources is the core factor in promoting green development. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in...

Exploring the impact of industrial land misallocation (ILM) on sustainable urban development (SUD) helps provide strong empirical support for SUD from the perspective of land factor allocation. Based on panel data from 283 cities between 2009 and 202...

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges for humanity. Reducing carbon intensity is an inevitable choice for tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development. China has made some emission reduction commitments in the international c...

In an era prioritizing high-quality development and ecological civilization, optimal land resource allocation is vital for overcoming resource constraints and fostering new quality productive forces, with green technology innovation (GTI) serving as...

Background/Objectives: Transcription factor 4 (TCF4) is a proneural basic helix–loop–helix transcription factor that plays a critical role in brain development and is associated with a variety of psychiatric disorders, including autism sp...

Innovation elements are underexplored in terms of their role and mechanisms in driving corporate innovation. Using panel data for Chinese A-share listed firms from 2011 to 2023, this study examines how city-level innovation element agglomeration affe...

This study examines the impact of the spatial flow of new quality productive forces (NQPFS) and the optimal combination of new quality productive forces (NQPFC) on the high-quality economic development (HQMED) of China’s coastal regions. Based...

This paper examines the relationship between digital economy development, manufacturing agglomeration, and urban green total factor productivity (GTFP). Using an unbalanced panel of 283 Chinese prefecture-level cities over 2007–2022, we estimat...

This paper examines the effects of political hierarchy on firms’ long-term total factor productivity using evidence from the elevation of Chongqing to provincial-level government in China. Using the elevation as an exogenous shock and the Sichu...

Digitization and green low-carbon are the main directions of China’s economic development in the future. This paper aims to explore the relationship between improvements in the digital level of manufacturing industry segments and carbon emissio...

Industrial chain modernization is vital for driving the development of a modern country, boosting national competitiveness and upholding economic security. This study examines the impact of coordinated two-way FDI development on industrial chain mode...

Background and Purpose: Contemporary digital government initiatives in China face a well-documented real-world paradox: massive fiscal outlays on digital governance coexist with marked disequilibrium in regional innovation returns. Two structural mis...

Open government data is a key institutional arrangement in market-oriented data factor reforms. Using the staggered rollout of city-level government data platforms in China as a quasi-natural experiment and panel data of listed manufacturing firms (2...

As one of the most dynamic natural elements, water resources play a vital role in both ecological and economic activities. The rational allocation of water resources is essential for the sustainable development of human society. Using data from prefe...