Green economic efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta: spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors

ABSTRACT Based on economic-social-resource-environment perspective, which people’s welfare was considered compared with the traditional perspective, using SSU and PP model, spatial analysis method, spatial econometric model to study green economy efficiency (GRE) of 26 Cities in the Yangtze River Delta from 2005 to 2015. The results show the following: Corrected GRE is markedly lower than conventional efficiency; Stage characteristics are obvious of GRE. An overall spatial pattern has emerged of lower efficiency in the east and higher efficiency in the west, and exist clear signs of spatial agglomeration. The spatial Dubin model has abetter fitting effect. The biggest direct effect on local green economic efficiency and spatial spillover effects on nearby areas is proportion of tertiary industry