The influence of energy consumption of China on its real GDP from aggregated and disaggregated viewpoints

Zhang, Wei; Shuyun, Yang

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.023

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“…It implies that any energy conservation policy will adversely affect the economic output, while an increase in the economic output will increase the level of energy consumption. This hypothesis of causal relation between energy consumption and economic growth was demonstrated by many authors including Belaid and Abderrahmani (2013), Hu and Lin (2013), Tang and Tan (2013), Shahbaz and Lean (2012), Zhang and Yang (2012), Kouakou (2011), Ouédraogo (2010 …”

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confidence: 99%

Causality and Cointegration between Economic Growth and Energy Consumption: Econometric Evidence from Jordan

Shahateet¹,

Al-Majali²,

Al-Hahabashneh³

2014

IJEF

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This paper aims at determining the relationship between economic growth and energy consumption in Jordan within the neo-classical productivity theory framework where capital, labour and energy are treated as separate production factors. It constructs an econometric model using annual time series data covering the period 1970-2011. After estimating the parameters of the model, it uses causality tests to examine the existence and direction of causality between output growth and production factors including energy consumption. Empirical findings suggest that there exists Granger causality running from GDP to energy consumption, but there is no Granger causality running from energy consumption to GDP. The implication being that energy supply constraints could be introduced with little or no impact on economic growth. This unidirectional causality provides empirical evidence that Jordan is a less energy-dependent economy. Such findings undermine the theory of energy conservation policies and support the Government policies that aim at raising the prices of energy and reducing public demand for energy consumption mainly to reduce the deficit of government budget, foreign debt, and its services.

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Section: Feedback Hypothesismentioning

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Causality and Cointegration between Economic Growth and Energy Consumption: Econometric Evidence from Jordan

Shahateet¹,

Al-Majali²,

Al-Hahabashneh³

2014

IJEF

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“…In cases where there have been no association or causality from energy consumption to economic growth, some observers of the industry attribute it to a lack of efficient planning and increased investment in electricity infrastructure development (see Akpan and Akpan, 2012, for the case of Nigeria), as highlighted above. In sharp contrast is the case of China, where Zhang and Yang (2013) find the existence of a negative bi-directional Granger causality running from aggregated energy consumption to real GDP. They propose that this negative relationship might be attributed to the growing economy production shifting towards less-energy-intensive sectors and excessive energy consumption in relatively unproductive sectors.…”

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Spatial Dynamics of Electricity Usage in India

Ghani¹,

Grover²,

Kerr³

2014

Policy Research Working Papers

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“…(2) Level of economic development China's current economic development mainly relies on coal consumption, and the relationship between economic development and coal consumption has aroused much interest in academic circles [3][4][5]. It is essential to analyze the level of economic development when studying coal consumption.…”

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“…Some scholars think that there is bidirectional causality between coal consumption and economic growth. Zhang and Yang [5] revealed the negative bidirectional causality between China's coal consumption and economic growth, using the data of China's coal consumption and GDP from 1978 to 2009. Moreover, they pointed out that the negative relationship between coal consumption and economic growth might be attributed to the shift in economic development toward less energy intensive sectors.…”

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Dynamic Factor Analysis of Trends in Temporal–Spatial Patterns of China’s Coal Consumption

Sun

Chen

et al. 2015

Sustainability

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This paper analyzes coal consumption in the 31 provinces and regions of China from 1995 to 2012. Using spatial analysis in Arc geographical information systems (ArcGIS) and the concept of the center of gravity in physics, we explore the regional differences in temporal-spatial coal consumption and the factors influencing them. The results show that China's coal consumption increased yearly, especially after 2003. It exhibits a marked spatial clustering phenomenon; consumption in the south and east exceeded that in the north and west respectively. Moreover, the center of gravity of consumption gradually moved toward the southwest, indicating reducing gaps in coal consumption between the north-south and the east-west regions. Both the level of economic development and coal consumption are positively related with regional coal production. Promoting urbanization and increasing the proportion of the tertiary industry can effectively reduce coal consumption and help readjust coal consumption patterns to sustainable levels.

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The influence of energy consumption of China on its real GDP from aggregated and disaggregated viewpoints

Cited by 58 publications

References 53 publications

Causality and Cointegration between Economic Growth and Energy Consumption: Econometric Evidence from Jordan

Causality and Cointegration between Economic Growth and Energy Consumption: Econometric Evidence from Jordan

Spatial Dynamics of Electricity Usage in India

Dynamic Factor Analysis of Trends in Temporal–Spatial Patterns of China’s Coal Consumption

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