Environmental Efficiency Assessment of the Chinese Industrial Sector Considering Policymakers’ Preferences: A Two-Stage Network SBM-DEA Approach

Junwei Sun, Li Li, Peng Deng

2022

Abstract

Efficiency improvements in the industrial sector are critical to the sustainable development of China’s economy and the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper extends the environmental efficiency analysis from a “black box” to a network structure, where the industrial sector is divided into industrial production and pollution treatment stages. Under the framework of cooperative game, a slack-based two-stage network DEA model considering the preferences of policymakers is introduced and the environmental efficiency of 30 provincial industrial sectors in China is evaluated for the period 2007-2015. The findings suggest that environmental efficiency is strongly influenced by policymakers’ preferences and exhibits divergent effects at the regional and provincial levels. Specifically, under either weight distribution, the eastern region has the highest total efficiency, followed by the central and western regions. Inter-regional efficiency differences are mainly due to differences in the pollution treatment stage. At the provincial level, the heterogeneous effect of policymakers’ preferences can be grouped into four categories. Finally, the level of coordinated development of industrial production and environmental protection in China’s provinces is low, and the industrial green transformation needs to be continuously promoted.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sun J., Li L. and Deng P. (2022). Environmental Efficiency Assessment of the Chinese Industrial Sector Considering Policymakers’ Preferences: A Two-Stage Network SBM-DEA Approach. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economic Management and Model Engineering - Volume 1: ICEMME; ISBN 978-989-758-636-1, SciTePress, pages 83-88. DOI: 10.5220/0012026100003620

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icemme22,
author={Junwei Sun and Li Li and Peng Deng},
title={Environmental Efficiency Assessment of the Chinese Industrial Sector Considering Policymakers’ Preferences: A Two-Stage Network SBM-DEA Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economic Management and Model Engineering - Volume 1: ICEMME},
year={2022},
pages={83-88},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012026100003620},
isbn={978-989-758-636-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economic Management and Model Engineering - Volume 1: ICEMME
TI - Environmental Efficiency Assessment of the Chinese Industrial Sector Considering Policymakers’ Preferences: A Two-Stage Network SBM-DEA Approach
SN - 978-989-758-636-1
AU - Sun J.
AU - Li L.
AU - Deng P.
PY - 2022
SP - 83
EP - 88
DO - 10.5220/0012026100003620
PB - SciTePress