An Empirical Study of the Impact of the Air Transportation Industry Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Projects on the Local Economy in China

Yuxiu Chen, Jian Yu, Li Li, Linlin Li, Long Li, Jie Zhou, Sang-Bing Tsai and Quan Chen
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Yuxiu Chen: College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
Jian Yu: Research Center for Environment and Sustainable Development of China Civil Aviation, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
Li Li: Wuxi Audit Division, Bank of Ningbo, Wuxi 214043, China
Linlin Li: Research Center for Environment and Sustainable Development of China Civil Aviation, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
Long Li: Research Center for Environment and Sustainable Development of China Civil Aviation, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
Jie Zhou: College of Tourism and Service Management, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Sang-Bing Tsai: Research Center for Environment and Sustainable Development of China Civil Aviation, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
Quan Chen: Zhongshan Institute, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Guangdong 528400, China

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: Green development has been of particular interest to a range of industries worldwide, one of which being the air transportation industry (ATI). The energy conservation and emission reduction (ECER) projects of the ATI have a huge impact on the local economy. In this study, the input-output method was used to analyze the indirect economic impact of the implementation of the ECER projects of the ATI on the local economy of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region. We examined the direct benefits, backward spread effects, forward spread effects, and consumption multiplier effects. The final results showed that the comprehensive economic income from 2011–2013 in the BTH region reached RMB 4.74 billion. The results revealed that the ECER projects commissioned by the ATI were worth investing from both the economic and social benefits perspectives. To increase the green development effects and promote the sustainable development of the ATI, the special funds provided by the Civil Aviation Administration of China should be invested intensively in basic green technology research and setting green regulating and governance rules.

Keywords: energy conservation and emission reduction; benefits; air transport; input-output method; green environment; green operation; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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