A demand has existed for a resin that excels in various properties including biodegradability and
thermal stability. Moreover, a need has also existed for an efficient method for producing a biodegradable resin. The above problems are solved by the following
polyester carbonate resin and method for producing a branched
polyester carbonate. That is, the present invention provides a branched
polyester carbonate resin, the polyester carbonate resin containing an aliphatic
diol, an aliphatic
dicarboxylic acid, a
triol compound, and a constituent unit derived from a diester carbonate, wherein a terminal OH amount and a phenyl terminal amount of the polyester carbonate resin are adjusted within prescribed ranges described in the description of the present application. The present invention also provides a method for producing the branched polyester carbonate (PEC), wherein, in a
polymerization step, the OH amount contained in the
triol compound as a
monomer and the amount of the diester carbonate satisfy a prescribed relationship described in the description of the present application.