Socio-macroeconomic impacts of implementing different post-Brexit UK energy reduction targets to 2030

Nieto, Jaime Tatay; Brockway, Paul E.; Clements, Lucy; Sakai, Marco; Barrett, John

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112556

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“…Thinking about the future, the MARCO model is a versatile framework, having been adopted for different research and policy purposes in the UK [102]. The framework is also undergoing constant revision and improvement, aiming for: (a) added granularity-splitting sectors into subsectors and distinguishing between renewable and non-renewable energy inputs; (b) introducing additional constraints and feedback loopse.g., financial and labor availability constraints, etc.…”

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The Impact of Energy Efficiency on Economic Growth: Application of the MARCO Model to the Portuguese Economy 1960–2014

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et al. 2024

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The benefits of energy efficiency are recognized in multiple socio-economic spheres. Still, the quantitative impact on macroeconomic performance is not fully understood, as modeling tools are not thermodynamically consistent—failing to explicitly include the useful stage of energy flows and/or thermodynamic efficiencies in primary–final–useful energy transformations. Misspecification in the link between energy use and the economy underplays the role of energy use and efficiency in economic growth. In this work, we develop and implement the Macroeconometric Resource Consumption model for Portugal (MARCO-PT), 1960–2014. Based on the post-Keynesian framework developed for the United Kingdom (MARCO-UK), our model explicitly includes thermodynamic energy efficiency, extending the analysis to the useful stage of energy flows. The model’s stochastic equations are econometrically estimated. The historical influence of key variables—namely thermodynamic energy efficiency—on economic output is assessed through counterfactual simulations and computation of year-by-year output elasticities. The MARCO-PT model adequately describes the historical behavior of endogenous variables. Although its influence has decreased over time, thermodynamic efficiency has consistently been the major contributor to economic growth between 1960–2014, with an average output elasticity of 0.46. Total useful exergy is also a major contributing factor, with an average output elasticity of 0.29. Both have a higher influence than capital, labor, or other energy variables (final energy, prices). An adequate integration of thermodynamic efficiency is thus crucial for macroeconomic models.

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