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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Unlocking Carbon Emissions and Total Factor Productivity Nexus: Causal Moderation of Ownership Structures via Entropy Methods in Chinese Enterprises.

Ruize Cai, Jie You, Minho Kim

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ruize CaiDepartment of International Trade, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5520-5685
Jie YouSchool of Information and Software Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2595-7357
Minho KimDepartment of International Trade, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6703-0808

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BK21 FOUR Program noNatural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20242BAB20068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amidst global imperatives for environmental sustainability, this study investigates the nexus between carbon emissions reduction (CER), ownership structures, and total factor productivity (TFP) in Chinese enterprises-recognized as vital economic drivers facing carbon emissions pressures. Based on the theoretical frameworks of innovation offsets, agency cost theory, and upper echelons theory, with data from CSMAR (2009-2023), we proposed a positive effect of CER on TFP while examining the moderating roles of ownership structure metrics: chairman shareholding ratio, manager shareholding ratio, and ownership-control separation ratio. TFP estimation employed dual approaches: mean consolidation (TFP-Mean) and entropy weighting (TFP-Entropy) methods. The results confirmed CER exerts significantly positive impacts on TFP, with ownership structures demonstrating statistically significant yet directionally heterogeneous moderation effects. Heterogeneity analysis reveals heightened TFP sensitivity to carbon emission initiatives among private enterprises, foreign-owned enterprises, and small enterprises. Notably, the entropy weighting method exhibits substantial comparative advantages in TFP measurement. These findings underscore that advancing TFP necessitates simultaneously optimizing carbon emissions efficiency and ownership governance.

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carbon emissions reductionentropyownership structuretotal factor productivity

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PMID41149006
PMCPMC12563028

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