{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,13]],"date-time":"2026-01-13T08:02:06Z","timestamp":1768291326901,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":60,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]],"date-time":"2021-07-14T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1626220800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":194,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Complexity"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>This paper studies the impact of the implementation of smart city policy (SCP) on the development of low\u2010carbon economy (LCE) in China. For this purpose, we developed a nonconvex meta\u2010frontier data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to measure LCE and used the differences\u2010in\u2010difference (DID) analysis method in the econometric model to empirically analyze the impact of SCP on LCE, using the dataset of 230 cities from 2005 to 2018. The results show that the implementation of SCP can significantly improve the LCE of cities, and the dynamic effect test presents that the promotion of smart cities to low\u2010carbon economy increases with time. In addition, SCP promotes the development of LCE by optimizing government functions and improving the efficiency of governance and the degree of implementation openness. But there is heterogeneity between different cities as follows: the implementation of SCP has a more significant effect on the promotion of LCE in central and western regions in China and large\u2010scale cities and cities without strict environmental protection planning. Finally, the robustness test verifies the reliability of the experimental data again and puts forward conclusions and policy recommendations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2021\/9963404","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]],"date-time":"2021-07-14T22:05:09Z","timestamp":1626300309000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Can Smart City Policy Facilitate the Low\u2010Carbon Economy in China? A Quasi\u2010Natural Experiment Based on Pilot City"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2021","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6705-5589","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shuangshuang","family":"Fan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Shengnan","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8533-9577","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaoxue","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_1_2","volume-title":"World Urbanization on Prospects: The 2018 Revision","author":"United Nations","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_2","volume-title":"China Statistical Yearbook","author":"National Bureau of Statistics","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scs.2021.102730"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scs.2021.102782"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rser.2015.10.133"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rser.2021.110755"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rser.2020.109922"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/ijpsm-07-2015-0132"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_9_2","first-page":"5890","article-title":"Smart city as anti-planning in the UK","volume":"6981","author":"Cowley R.","year":"2018","journal-title":"Environment and Planning"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_10_2","first-page":"3128","article-title":"Towards a circular and low-carbon economy: insights from the transitioning to electric vehicles and net zero economy","volume":"256","author":"Nana O. B.","year":"2020","journal-title":"Journal of Cleaner Production"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.aej.2020.05.031"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2020.138947"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.seta.2019.08.003"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_14_2","article-title":"Developing Low Carbon Finance Index: Evidence from Developed and Developing Economies","author":"Mohsin M.","year":"2020","journal-title":"Finance Research Letters"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.spc.2020.12.005"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.enpol.2014.11.008"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.techfore.2018.04.020"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_18_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.resconrec.2017.07.043"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_19_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.enpol.2017.09.006"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_20_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.egyr.2019.09.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_21_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.techfore.2020.119949"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_22_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.enpol.2015.12.017"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_23_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rser.2016.09.021"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_24_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eneco.2018.07.020"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_25_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10485236.2019.12054409"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_26_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/s0921-8009(02)00223-9"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_27_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eneco.2011.07.016"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_28_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rser.2016.06.083"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_29_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/3146852"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_30_2","first-page":"437","article-title":"Exploring the impact of urbanization on urban building carbon emissions in China: evidence from a provincial panel data model","volume":"56","author":"Huo T.","year":"2012","journal-title":"Sustainable Cities and Society"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_31_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jtrangeo.2020.102733"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_32_2","first-page":"61","article-title":"Sources of carbon emissions in the process of urbanization","volume":"25","author":"Liu X.","year":"2015","journal-title":"China Population\u201d, Resources and Environment"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_33_2","first-page":"130","article-title":"Environmental regulation policy and the behavior of enterprisesd the evidence from high energy consuming enterprises","volume":"10","author":"Zhao X. L.","year":"2015","journal-title":"Science Research Management"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_34_2","first-page":"1","article-title":"Effectiveness of government interventions at inducing better environmental performance: does effectiveness depend on facility or fifirm feature","volume":"35","author":"Glicksman R. L.","year":"2008","journal-title":"Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_35_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scs.2019.102008"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_36_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.seta.2021.100992"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_37_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.future.2019.06.030"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_38_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rser.2019.03.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_39_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"MihaylovM. JuradoS. AvellanaN.et al. Virtual currency for trading of renewable energy in smart grids Proceedings of the International Conference on the European Energy Market EEM May 2014 Krakow Poland 1\u20136.","DOI":"10.1109\/EEM.2014.6861213"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_40_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apenergy.2017.03.039"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_41_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10630732.2017.1348880"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_42_2","first-page":"81","article-title":"The economics of smart city policies","volume":"17","author":"Caragliu A.","year":"2018","journal-title":"Scienze Regionali"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_43_2","first-page":"445","article-title":"Smart innovative cities: the impact of smart city policies on urban innovation","volume":"39","author":"Caragliu A.","year":"2018","journal-title":"Technological Forecasting and Social Change"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_44_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s13132-012-0089-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_45_2","first-page":"517","article-title":"Smart innovative cities: the impact of smart city policies on urban innovation","volume":"40","author":"Caragliu A.","year":"2018","journal-title":"Technological Forecasting and Social Change"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_46_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/jsma-03-2015-0030"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_47_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/caim.12154"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_48_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.giq.2016.03.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_49_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jnca.2019.02.021"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_50_2","first-page":"257","article-title":"Does smart city policy improve energy effiffifficiency? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China","volume":"316","author":"Yu Y. T.","year":"2019","journal-title":"Journal of Cleaner Production"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_51_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclepro.2019.01.188"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_52_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.future.2019.12.040"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_53_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.comnet.2018.01.042"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_54_2","first-page":"36","article-title":"The impact of a carbon trading pilot policy on theLow-carbon economic transformation in China\u2014an empirical analysis based on a DID model","volume":"10","author":"Zhou C.","year":"2018","journal-title":"Soft Science"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_55_2","first-page":"2457","article-title":"Evaluation of low carbon economy development efficiency based on a super-SBM model","volume":"35","author":"Zhou Z.","year":"2013","journal-title":"Resources Science"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_56_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.seps.2008.12.001"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_57_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.resconrec.2020.104777"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_58_2","first-page":"12","article-title":"Research on the mechanism of smart city policy promoting urban technological innovation\u2014based on the dual perspective of evolution characteristics and transmission effect","volume":"32","author":"Xia L.","year":"2020","journal-title":"Research and Development Management"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_59_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jdeveco.2016.08.003"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_60_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jinteco.2016.09.009"}],"container-title":["Complexity"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/complexity\/2021\/9963404.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/complexity\/2021\/9963404.xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1155\/2021\/9963404","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,9]],"date-time":"2024-08-09T22:40:33Z","timestamp":1723243233000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1155\/2021\/9963404"}},"subtitle":[],"editor":[{"given":"Baogui","family":"Xin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,1]]},"references-count":60,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1155\/2021\/9963404"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1155\/2021\/9963404","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1076-2787","1099-0526"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1076-2787","type":"print"},{"value":"1099-0526","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,1]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2021-03-22","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2021-07-06","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2021-07-14","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}],"article-number":"9963404"}}