Total-factor energy efficiency in developing countries

Zhang, Xingping; Cheng, Xiaomei; Yuan, Jiahai; Gao, Xinxin

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.037

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“…Following the TFEE concept, many studies have analyzed energy efficiency on different levels by using the TFEE indicator. Hu and Kao [5] compare energy efficiency among Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries, while Zhang et al [6] study developing countries. Wei et al [7] note the energy efficiency in China's iron and extreme climates have become the biggest environmental challenges worldwide.…”

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Progressive Time-Weighted Dynamic Energy Efficiency, Energy Decoupling Rate, and Decarbonization: An Empirical Study on G7 and BRICS

Chang

Chen

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:Energy is a critical factor of economic growth, but the overuse of it results in global warming and climate change. Hence, energy efficiency improvement can help mitigate climate change and prevent economic losses or even ecological extinction. The data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach has been extensively applied for energy efficiency estimation, but past studies of this estimation employ a static mode that does not consider consecutive periods and the carry-over effect. This study estimates energy efficiency under a weight-restricted dynamic DEA (WrD-DEA) model, creates a weight-restricted dynamic energy efficiency (WrD-EE) indicator, and discusses issues concerning the energy decoupling rate and decarbonization. We utilize members in the Group of Seven (G7) and BRICS (Brazil, China, India, Russia, and South Africa) for our experimental observations. The main results herein are: (1) BRICS has larger room for improvement to achieve the standard ratio of the energy decoupling rate than the G7; (2) the G7 and BRICS do not converge to decarbonization; and (3) BRICS exhibits more rapid improvement on energy efficiency than the G7.

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confidence: 99%

Progressive Time-Weighted Dynamic Energy Efficiency, Energy Decoupling Rate, and Decarbonization: An Empirical Study on G7 and BRICS

Chang

Chen

2016

Sustainability

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“…Prior research has tried to explain the reasons for China's low energy efficiency from the perspective of economic growth, government behavior, market segmentation and resource allocation [1][2][3]. However, little research has been conducted from the perspective of energy scarcity.…”

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“…Meanwhile, prior research has demonstrated that China is highly inefficient in energy utilization from multiple political and economic perspectives [1,2]. As China's economy and population continue to grow, energy inefficiency is likely to be a burden on both economic growth and environmental protection.…”

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Energy’s Shadow Price and Energy Efficiency in China: A Non-Parametric Input Distance Function Analysis

2015

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This paper extends prior research on energy inefficiency in China by utilizing a unique shadow price framework allocation in 30 Chinese provinces. We estimate the shadow price for energy input using the framework of production, and use the ratio of the shadow price to the market price to describe energy utilization. Using Chinese provincial-level data from 1998 to 2011, the results of the analysis reveal that shadow prices in China have grown rapidly during the sample period, which signifies that China has improved its performance in energy utilization since 1998. However, there are eighteen provinces whose shadow prices are lower than market prices. This result suggests that energy utilization is at a low level in these provinces and can be improved by a reallocation of inputs.

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“…In our study, following Zhang et al (2011), we set  equal to 6%. 4 Data of capital formation, total labour force and real GDP were obtained from UNCTAD Statistics: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx.…”

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Public sector transparency and countries’ environmental performance: A nonparametric analysis

Halkos

Tzeremes

2014

Resource and Energy Economics

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Based on the theoretical background of the link between countries' transparency and environmental policy our paper provides empirical evidence for a sample of 68 countries for the time period of 2001-2010. By assuming that countries' transparency levels shape their environmental policy which reflects upon their environmental performance levels, we develop an empirical model for investigating such a relationship. By modifying a conditional directional distance function model, we incorporate on the measurement of countries' environmental performance the effect of their public sector transparency levels. The empirical results indicate that public sector transparency has a statistically significant impact on countries' environmental performance with the relation in the case of emerging-developing economies appearing as an inverted 'W' shape, whereas in the case of advanceddeveloped economies indicating an inverted 'U' shape.

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Total-factor energy efficiency in developing countries

Cited by 340 publications

References 35 publications

Progressive Time-Weighted Dynamic Energy Efficiency, Energy Decoupling Rate, and Decarbonization: An Empirical Study on G7 and BRICS

Progressive Time-Weighted Dynamic Energy Efficiency, Energy Decoupling Rate, and Decarbonization: An Empirical Study on G7 and BRICS

Energy’s Shadow Price and Energy Efficiency in China: A Non-Parametric Input Distance Function Analysis

Public sector transparency and countries’ environmental performance: A nonparametric analysis

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