European Industries’ Energy Efficiency under Different Technological Regimes: The Role of CO2 Emissions, Climate, Path Dependence and Energy Mix

Stergiou, Eirini; Κουνετάς, Κωνσταντίνος

doi:10.5547/01956574.42.1.este

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“…A negative correlation between conventional energy consumption and energy efficiency can be predicted. We use the ratio of coal to total energy consumption as a proxy for the energy mix (Stergiou and Kounetas, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Market Segmentation and Energy Efficiency: Evidence from China’s Regional Economies

Nie¹,

Zhang²

2022

The Energy Journal

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Existing studies have focused on the negative impact of inefficient resource allocation on energy performance in China, but neglected to explore the underlying reason for this phenomenon from the perspective of market segmentation. To fill this research gap, the epsilon-based measure model is used to estimate energy efficiency, and the measurement method of market segmentation is improved in this paper. On the basis of a theoretical hypothesis, we use fractional regression models to conduct empirical research. The results show that market segmentation has a significant negative effect on China’s energy efficiency. Additionally, this inhibitory effect is robust but heterogeneous. The impact mechanism test indicates that energy price distortion, enterprise technology innovation, and industrial agglomeration are three intermediate influence channels. Based on these analyses, we suggest that China should accelerate market-oriented reform and eliminate market segmentation in pursuit of energy-saving and emission-abating goals.

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Section: Control Variablementioning

confidence: 99%

Market Segmentation and Energy Efficiency: Evidence from China’s Regional Economies

Nie¹,

Zhang²

2022

The Energy Journal

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“…In the literature, even though there is quite a number of studies that analyze the effects of tax policies on urban waste (i.e., [17][18][19][20][21][22]), there is limited empirical evidence for the case of industrial waste. More specifically, studies focus mostly on the role of economic growth, the stringency of environmental policies, energy mixes, and innovation, amongst other factors, regarding reductions in atmospheric emissions (i.e., [23][24][25][26][27][28]). Other scholars estimate environmental/energy efficiency and productivity and their effect on sustainability [29][30][31][32][33].…”

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National Environmental Taxes and Industrial Waste in Countries across Europe

Stergiou,

Rigas,

Ferrara

et al. 2024

Energies

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The use of economic instruments within environmental policy has become a challenging topic for policymakers, governments and scholars. Environmental taxes have emerged as a prevailing preference in developed countries to promote sustainability. Recently, a particular focus has been given to waste generation and disposal, shifting the attention from greenhouse gases to another important source of environmental pollution. This paper investigates the effect of national environmental taxes and policies on industrial waste. A fixed effects model is used for 34 countries across Europe from 2004 to 2022. The results suggest that environmental taxes and energy policies reduce industrial (hazardous and non-hazardous) waste. However, environmental tax reforms should take into consideration the deterioration in environmental quality, the increase in economic costs and undesirable social consequences.

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