数字经济赋能林业产业融合发展:影响效应与机制分析OA

Digital economy is a potent driver in advancing the high-quality development of the forestry sector.Clarifying its integration mechanism with forestry industry holds significant importance for promoting ecological industry transformation and rural revitalization.This paper focuses on the key question of whether and how digital economy can help forestry industry overcome traditional development bottlenecks and achieve integrated development,and whether its impact exhibits nonlinear characteristics and regional differences.Based on panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2012 to 2021,this paper constructed an indicator system to assess the integration level of digital economy and forestry industry.It employed econometric models to empirically analyze the mechanisms of influence and regional differences.The results showed that:(1)The relationship between digital economy and forestry industry integration exhibited a significant inverted U-shaped pattern,with an inflection point at 0.3887.On the left side of the inflection point,digital economy significantly promoted forestry industry integration,with a marginal effect of 0.8300.Beyond the inflection point,digital economy significantly inhibited forestry industry integration,with a marginal effect of-1.7340.(2)Digital economy drove forestry industry integration through three mechanisms.In the pathway of alleviating information asymmetry,the forest pest control rate significantly promoted industrial integration,with a marginal effect of 0.0376.In the pathway of building platform economy,the share of e-commerce enterprises significantly promoted industrial integration,with a marginal effect of 0.4491.In the industrial structure upgrading pathway,the ratio of the tertiary industry to the secondary industry significantly promoted industrial integration,with a marginal effect of 0.0001.(3)Significant regional differences existed in the impact of digital economy on forestry industry integration.In the eastern region,digital economy exhibited an inhibitory effect,with a marginal effect of-1.1050.In the central and western regions,the impact of digital economy was not significant.Both the southern and northern regions showed significant promotion,but the promoting effect in the southern region(marginal effect 0.7852)was stronger than that in the northern region(marginal effect 0.6434).This paper systematically revealed the inverted U-shaped nonlinear impact of digital economy on forestry industry integration,the triple transmission mechanisms and the significant regional heterogeneity,thereby enriching the theoretical and empirical evidence of digital economy empowering forestry industry integration.Policy implications:strengthen the coordinated development of digital economy and ecological protection,deepen the application of digital economy in forestry,and narrow the regional digital divide,so as to provide support for achieving rural revitalization and ecological civilization construction goals.