How government regulation impacts on energy and CO2 emissions performance in China's mining industry

Ding Ma, Rilong Fei and Yongsheng Yu

Resources Policy, 2019, vol. 62, issue C, 651-663

Abstract: Mining industry, well known as the supply foundation of the nation's entire industrial production, is critical in China's endeavor in resource conservation and emission reduction. The spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of the unified inputs-outputs efficiency are firstly studied based on non-radial directional distance function and Malmquist index decomposition. On this basis, panel regression models are built to identify drivers of the measured efficiency evolution in China's mining sector. Our empirical results reveal that: (i) unified inputs-outputs efficiency in China's mining sector exhibits an essentially descending trend on the whole and the regional disparity is not as pronounced as other industries; (ii) state ownership stake exerts a negative effect, whereas private ownership stake exerts a positive influence on the unified input-output efficiency; (iii) government regulation did not impel mining industry toward a more efficient mode of operating but hindered efficiency enhancement, and this is especially distinct in private-owned enterprises; (iv) regional economic development and R&D could be conducive to the improvement of unified input-output efficiency while energy price did not effectively motivate input conservation. The results offer some clues for policy-makers of the mining industry, for improving its sustainable and efficient industrial operating.

Keywords: Unified inputs-outputs efficiency; Ownership structure; Regulation; Mining industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.11.013

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