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Does the integration of manufacturing and producer services improve carbon emission efficiency?

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The integration of the advanced manufacturing industry and the modern service industry is an important direction for the transformation and upgrading of China’s manufacturing industry. However, the existing research focuses more on the level, motivation, and economic effects of the integration of manufacturing and producer services, and less on its environmental effects. In this paper, based on the panel data from 30 provincial regions in China from 2005 to 2019, an evaluation system for the integration of manufacturing and producer services (IMP) is constructed, and the carbon emission efficiency (CEE) is calculated through the super-efficiency SBM model. Based on the analysis of the influence mechanism of IMP on CEE, the mediation effect model and the spatial Durbin model are used to test the influence of the IMP on CEE. The results show that the IMP can significantly improve CEE, and indirectly promote CEE through four intermediary factors: value addition, cost reduction, industrial agglomeration and structure upgrading. Finally, we found the level of economic development, property rights structure and regional innovation can promote CEE to varying degrees. The intensity of environmental regulation, opening level and the energy consumption structure inhibit the efficiency of carbon emissions. The total impact of the IMP on CEE is greater in the western region than in the eastern and central regions, and the western region shows a more significant spatial spillover effect. The IMP has a greater effect on improving CEE, and shows a strong spatial spillover effect.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (72074181), Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi (2021KJXX-12), Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province (2022JM-422), Shaanxi Livestock and Poultry Breeding Double-chain Fusion Key Project (2022GD-TSLD-46).

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**ao Yingtong: Formal analysis, Writing-original draft, Visualization; Yalin Xu: Data curation, Visualization; Meng Li: Writing-original draft, Visualization; Yanan Wang: Supervision, Funding acquisition, Writing-review & editing; Wei Chen: Supervision, Writing-review & editing, Supervision, Funding acquisition; All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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**ao, Y., Xu, Y., Li, M. et al. Does the integration of manufacturing and producer services improve carbon emission efficiency?. Clean Techn Environ Policy 26, 1603–1619 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-023-02567-3

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