AI and Carbon Emissions in 272 Chinese Cities, 2006-2024

ZHAOYANG LU provides a balanced panel dataset covering 272 Chinese cities from 2006 to 2024. The collection includes economic, technological, and environmental dimensions, supporting spatial econometric analysis with provided weight matrices. It is available in Stata format with accompanying code for replication.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between AI development and urban carbon emission intensity based on city-level panel data.
• Estimating spatial spillover effects of environmental policies using the provided spatial weight matrices.
• Conducting mediation or moderation analysis on factors influencing low-carbon urban transitions.
• Replicating and extending econometric models for urban sustainability with the included Stata code.

Strengths

• Covers 272 cities over a 19-year period (2006-2024), providing substantial temporal depth.
• Includes spatial weight matrices constructed for advanced spatial econometric modeling.
• Data is harmonized, standardized, and deflated to constant prices for temporal comparability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling needs.

Provenance

Source

ZHAOYANG LU via figshare

Collection Method

Data from multiple sources were harmonized, standardized, and deflated.

Time Range

2006 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 10:51:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

272 cities in China