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Meanwhile, the panel threshold estimation method is used to examine the complex relationships among haze pollution, new-type urbanization and TFP growth.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The results reflect conspicuous spatiotemporal heterogeneity in TFP growth in China. Interestingly, the influence of haze pollution on TFP growth is limited by the \u201ccritical mass\u201d of new-type urbanization in China. When new-type urbanization does not cross the first threshold, haze pollution has a negative but non-significant effect on TFP growth. When new-type urbanization crosses the first threshold but not the second, haze pollution has a significant positive impact on TFP growth. When new-type urbanization crosses the second threshold, haze pollution significantly and positively affects TFP growth with the strongest positive effect.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study innovates by combining haze pollution and TFP growth and proposing an integrated framework from the perspective of new-type urbanization, providing insight into how different degrees of new-type urbanization impact the mechanism between haze pollution and TFP growth. Using panel data in China and emphasizing green development, a sustainable economy and new-type urbanization, this study contributes to the current studies on haze pollution and economic development based on developed countries.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/k-10-2019-0686","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,9]],"date-time":"2020-06-09T10:15:34Z","timestamp":1591697734000},"page":"1357-1378","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Haze pollution, new-type urbanization and regional total factor productivity growth: based on a panel dataset involving all 31 provinces within the territory of China"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Ruihan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Bing","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Mingyao","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Jian","family":"Hou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"key2024071512200260800_ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"95","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eneco.2019.03.022","article-title":"Environmental efficiency evaluation for Xiangjiang river basin cities based on an improved SBM model and global Malmquist index","volume":"81","year":"2019","journal-title":"Energy Economics"},{"key":"key2024071512200260800_ref002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"579","DOI":"10.1016\/j.econmod.2017.11.021","article-title":"TFP estimation at firm level: the fiscal aspect of productivity convergence in the UK","volume":"70","year":"2018","journal-title":"Economic Modelling"},{"key":"key2024071512200260800_ref003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"334","DOI":"10.1016\/j.landusepol.2015.07.025","article-title":"Challenges and the way forward in china\u2019s new-type urbanization","volume":"55","year":"2016","journal-title":"LAND USE Policy"},{"key":"key2024071512200260800_ref004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"376","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclepro.2018.11.037","article-title":"Regional green development level and its spatial relationship under the constraints of haze in China","volume":"210","year":"2019","journal-title":"Journal of Cleaner Production"},{"key":"key2024071512200260800_ref005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ecolind.2017.06.043","article-title":"Identifying the spatial effects and driving factors of urban PM2.5 pollution in China","volume":"82","year":"2017","journal-title":"Ecological Indicators"},{"issue":"8","key":"key2024071512200260800_ref006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1081","DOI":"10.1007\/s11442-016-1317-9","article-title":"International progress and evaluation on interactive coupling effects between urbanization and the eco-environment","volume":"26","year":"2016","journal-title":"Journal of Geographical Sciences"},{"issue":"11","key":"key2024071512200260800_ref007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"15570","DOI":"10.3390\/su71115570","article-title":"Estimating the impact of urbanization on air quality in China using spatial regression models","volume":"7","year":"2015","journal-title":"Sustainability"},{"issue":"6288","key":"key2024071512200260800_ref008","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"934","DOI":"10.1126\/science.aaf3420","article-title":"Transport solutions for cleaner air","volume":"352","year":"2016","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"key2024071512200260800_ref009","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"121","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2016.10.201","article-title":"Formation, features and controlling strategies of severe haze-fog pollutions in China","volume":"578","year":"2017","journal-title":"Science of the Total Environment"},{"key":"key2024071512200260800_ref010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Grossman, G.M. and Krueger, A.B. 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