What drives the change in China's energy intensity: Combining decomposition analysis and econometric analysis at the provincial level

Feng Song and Xinye Zheng ()

Energy Policy, 2012, vol. 51, issue C, 445-453

Abstract: We employ decomposition analysis and econometric analysis to investigate the driving forces behind China's changing energy intensity using a provincial-level panel data set for the period from 1995 to 2009. The decomposition analysis indicates that: (a) all of the provinces except for a few experienced efficiency improvement, while around three-fourths of the provinces' economics became more energy intensive or remained unchanged; (b) consequently the efficiency improvement accounts for more than 90% of China's energy intensity change as opposed to the economic structural change.

Keywords: Energy intensity; Energy price; Policy evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.044

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