Market Integration and Regional Green Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from China’s Province-Level Data

The development of market integration has an important effect on regional green total factor productivity (GTFP). Based the panel data 30 provinces in China from 2008 to 2017, this paper studies spatial and transmission mechanism by calculating Malmquist–Luenburger index using econometric models. It was found that can promote improvement productivity. This positive is not only directly reflected region, it also indirectly promotes growth GTFP nearby regions. In addition, shown significant effects efficiency technological progress, affected through them. above conclusions are great significance for develop a economy high-quality economic transformation.