 Impact of novel infrastructure investments on productivity: Evidence from public procurement of EV charging facilities in ChinaXiaoping He, Shuo Jiang, Yuxuan Yu and Siyi Su Energy, 2025, vol. 334, issue C Abstract: This study employs data from Chinese government procurement and listed companies from 2015 to 2022 to assess the influence of public investment in charging infrastructure on firm productivity. The findings of the study indicate that public investment in charging infrastructure has resulted in considerable positive externalities in terms of technological innovation and market demand, which in turn have led to significant productivity gains. In cities, where the electricity load is more heavily weighted towards the residential and commercial sectors, increased electricity consumption supported by improved charging infrastructure may crowd out industrial electricity consumption, with potentially negative consequences for firm productivity. However, this adverse effect is not large enough to offset the productivity benefits from innovations and demand growth caused by public charging infrastructure investment. The results provide new evidence on the positive externalities of public energy infrastructure. Keywords: Charging piles; Government procurement; Productivity; Innovation; Market demand (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:334:y:2025:i:c:s0360544225033419 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.137699 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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