International comparisons of energy and environmental efficiency in the road transport sector

Khaled Ben Abdallah, Mounir Belloumi and Daniel de Wolf ()
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Khaled Ben Abdallah: TVES - Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - Université de Lille, ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale
Mounir Belloumi: Université de Sousse
Daniel de Wolf: TVES - Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - Université de Lille, ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale

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Abstract: The present work provides an international comparison of the energy intensity and the carbon dioxide intensity in road transport for a group of 90 countries over the period 1980e2012. This paper attempts to perform a comparative analysis to find the most appropriate mapping of the energy performance in road transport taking into account the three dimensions of sustainable energy development, namely road transport-related energy consumption, economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions. An important result of the study is the inverse relationship between energy efficiency and environmental efficiency. Through the calculated Theil coefficient, our empirical findings highlight the existence of spatial and temporal disparities between countries. In 2012, Tunisia occupies the 48th and the 38th rank respectively in terms of energy and environmental efficiency. Based on a general index of energy performance in the road transport sector, it is deemed to have a mediumehigh energy performance by occupying the 34th rank. The study shows the importance of enhancing a number of policies for the road transport system through the joint improvement of the fuel price policy, of the road infrastructure policy and of the fuel-efficient road vehicles policy, in order to maintain sustainable energy road transport.

Keywords: Energy road transportEnergy; efficiency; Environmental efficiency; Energy performance; Theil coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-12-15
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Published in Energy, 2015, 93 (Part 2), pp.2087-2101. ⟨10.1016/j.energy.2015.10.090⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.10.090

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