Prices, technology development and the rebound effect

Birol, Fatih; Keppler, Jan Horst

doi:10.1016/s0301-4215(00)00020-3

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“…By setting up a dynamic simulation model of energy and the environment, Anderson and Cavendish (2001) reached the conclusion that technology has a positive influence on environmental improvement [3]. Birol and Keppler (2000), and Saunders (2000) pointed out that, due to "Rebound Effect", it is uncertain how much technology advancement and energy efficiency improvements help energy saving and environmental protection [4,5]. Lantz and Feng (2006) used Canadian statistics to analyze the influence of GDP, technology advancement and population growth on energy saving and emission reduction from 1970 to 2000.…”

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Energy Efficiency, Ownership Structure, and Sustainable Development: Evidence from China

Yang

2017

Sustainability

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Low energy efficiency and severe environmental pollution are two growing issues haunting China's fast economic development. Under China's current development model, economic growth still heavily depends on massive energy input, which makes energy efficiency one crucial topic in order to secure future sustainable development of China. This paper focuses on the unique energy ownership structure of China, and designs and adopts MATLAB programming for optimization solutions of multi-variable constrained nonlinear functions to obtain results that can better reflect China's energy efficiency and solutions to sustainable development of China. Using this model, this paper conducts an empirical analysis on the impact of difference energy investment behaviors between China's state-owned entities and non-state-owned business on China's Total Factor Energy Efficiency (TFEE) and sustainable development from 2003 to 2014. We find that Beijing and Shanghai represent the highest energy efficiency level in China. However, except for the more developed regions in Eastern China, for other provinces in Northeast China, Central China and Western China, the TFEE of energy investment by state-owned and non-state-owned economies are both quite low compared with the optimal level. Based on the above findings from the empirical study and detailed analysis by region, this paper discusses the possible reasons for China's low TFEE and provides implications and policy recommendations.

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Energy Efficiency, Ownership Structure, and Sustainable Development: Evidence from China

Yang

2017

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“…In theory, whether technological progress can increase energy utilization efficiency still remains uncertain because of the rebound effect: more energy resources will be consumed as the economy increases due to technological progress. This rebound effect is raised by Khazzoom [24], and means that on the one hand, technological progress saves energy by increasing energy utilization efficiency, while on the other hand, it prompts the economy and causes new demands for energy; hence, it partially offsets the saved energy [25]. The rebound effect has made it more complicated to analyze the impact of technological progress on energy utilization efficiency.…”

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Study on the Evolvement of Technology Development and Energy Efficiency—A Case Study of the Past 30 Years of Development in Shanghai

Wei

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2016

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Previous research in regional energy efficiency by using macro statistical data has demonstrated that technology development could improve regional energy efficiency. Since the start of reform and opening up in 1978, China has mainly adopted energy import and foreign direct investment to promote economic growth. At the same time, the country has also increased the input of technology and R&D to prompt technological reformation and imported technology absorption. However, there is limited research on the relationship between technology development and energy efficiency. Using the grounded theory method, the authors of this paper study the relationship between technology input-output and energy utilization efficiency in Shanghai over the past 30 years. They conclude that although the tactics of technology import and foreign direct investment can improve energy efficiency in the initial stages of modern industrialization, they cannot improve it continuously. In the more advanced stages of modern industrialization, the improvement of energy efficiency relies not only on increased R&D investment but also on R&D investment structure optimization and independent technological innovation.

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“…In other sectors of the economy, there has been evidence of rebound effects (also known as a Jevons' Paradox) in the context of energy efficiency [7,8]. A rebound effect refers to systemic responses that might offset the beneficial effects of an intervention (e.g., an overall decrease in energy efficiency despite the intention of its improvement through the implementation of a new technology).…”

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Technical energy efficiency, its interaction with optimal operating speeds and the implications for the management of shipping’s carbon emissions

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2012

Carbon Management

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Prices, technology development and the rebound effect

Cited by 199 publications

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Energy Efficiency, Ownership Structure, and Sustainable Development: Evidence from China

Energy Efficiency, Ownership Structure, and Sustainable Development: Evidence from China

Study on the Evolvement of Technology Development and Energy Efficiency—A Case Study of the Past 30 Years of Development in Shanghai

Technical energy efficiency, its interaction with optimal operating speeds and the implications for the management of shipping’s carbon emissions

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