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What is the driving force of the energy productivity? Evidence from China

What is the driving force of the energy productivity? Evidence from China This paper identifies the determinants of energy productivity based on a basic economic growth model. Using panel data including 29 provinces from 1995 to 2007, we find that energy productivity is negatively associated with the industry sector share in GDP and the state-owned sector share in GDP, and is positively associated with the electricity share in energy consumption. In addition, we find that there exists a big gap of energy efficiency among eastern, middle and western region in China. Our results suggest that we should induce the industry development structure from the industrial sector to service sector, prompt the reform of state-owned enterprises, as well as improve the energy consumption structure dominated by coal to diversified cleaning energy. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Frontiers of Economics in China Brill

What is the driving force of the energy productivity? Evidence from China

Frontiers of Economics in China , Volume 4 (2): 265 – Jan 1, 2009

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Brill
Copyright
Copyright 2009 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1673-3444
eISSN
1673-3568
DOI
10.1007/s11459-009-0015-2
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Abstract

This paper identifies the determinants of energy productivity based on a basic economic growth model. Using panel data including 29 provinces from 1995 to 2007, we find that energy productivity is negatively associated with the industry sector share in GDP and the state-owned sector share in GDP, and is positively associated with the electricity share in energy consumption. In addition, we find that there exists a big gap of energy efficiency among eastern, middle and western region in China. Our results suggest that we should induce the industry development structure from the industrial sector to service sector, prompt the reform of state-owned enterprises, as well as improve the energy consumption structure dominated by coal to diversified cleaning energy.

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Frontiers of Economics in ChinaBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: energy productivity; determinants; structure change; China

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