A bilateral decomposition analysis of the impacts of environmental regulation on energy efficiency in China from 2006 to 2018

Song, Wenfei; Han, Xianfeng

doi:10.1016/j.esr.2022.100931

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“…On the other hand, energy intensity does not correlated with economic growth and government governance. This is not in line with previous findings, where government governance, especially environmental regulations, has a greater driving force in increasing energy efficiency in areas with high levels of regional development [12]. There is a negative relationship between economic growth and increasing energy IOP Publishing doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1324/1/012098 5 intensity as countries move from low to high income levels [2].…”

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Does energy intensity correlate with economic growth and government governance?

Ernawati,

Syarif,

Suriadi

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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This study examines the relationship between energy intensity, economic growth, and government governance. The estimated number of countries is 182 countries, divided into three groups, namely high-income countries, middle-income countries, and low-income countries. The variables studied are energy intensity, renewable energy consumption, economic growth and government governance. Government governance is measured by government effectiveness and regulatory quality. Data is processed through correlation and comparison analysis. Research findings show that energy intensity during the pandemic was higher than in 2019, even though economic growth experienced a contraction on average. Based on country groups, there are significant differences in energy utilization where high-income countries are more efficient in energy use than other groups as indicated by a significance value <0.05. In general, energy intensity is positively correlated with economic growth, and negatively with government governance as indicated by a significance value of <0.01. The correlation between energy intensity and economic growth is in the low category with a correlation value of 0.19, while the correlation between energy intensity and government governance is in the moderate category with a correlation value of -.41 for government effectiveness, and -.42 for regulatory quality. The better the governance, the more efficient the use of a country’s energy. These findings recommend the importance of governance in encouraging energy efficiency efforts.

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“…On the other hand, government governance in the form of regulations is expected to encourage energy efficiency for the country, but several findings show contradictory results. The contribution of environmental regulations to energy efficiency has undergone a U-shaped process [12].…”

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confidence: 99%

Does energy intensity correlate with economic growth and government governance?

Ernawati,

Syarif,

Suriadi

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…However, it is hard using a single indicator to comprehensively and accurately measure the effect of the environmental regulations. The second method is to specifically select the emission levels of industrial tertiary wastes as different original indicators, reflecting environmental pollution, and to calculate the intensity of comprehensive environmental regulations with an improved entropy method [ 70 ]. The third method is to divide environmental regulations into different types [ 71 ], and consider the different types of environmental regulations as having different impacts.…”

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The Impact of Human Capital on Green Technology Innovation—Moderating Role of Environmental Regulations

Zhang

2023

IJERPH

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Green technology innovation can bring about dual benefits, i.e., technological progress and energy conservation, as well as emission reduction, which are regarded as effective means to achieve economic development and environmental protection. The influencing factors of green technology innovation have been studied from multiple angles. In order to promote the level of green technology innovation in China from a new perspective, this paper selected human capital as the independent variable, and empirically investigated the direct impact of educational and healthy human capital on green technology innovation, based on the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Tibet) from 2006 to 2016. Meanwhile, considering the current environmental policy system in China, this paper took environmental regulations as moderating variables, and analyzed the moderating role of three environmental regulations, namely, command-and-control environmental regulations, market-incentivized environmental regulations, and public voluntary environmental regulations, in the impact of human capital on green technology innovation. It was found that (1) educational human capital, with a three-period lag, and healthy human capital significantly promotes green technology innovation; (2) command-and-control environmental regulations, with a one-period lag, and market-incentivized environmental regulations promote green technology innovation, while public voluntary environmental regulations have an insignificant impact on green technology innovation; (3) the moderating effect of command-and-control and market-incentivized environmental regulations in the impact of human capital on green technology innovation is not significant. For public voluntary environmental regulations, the moderating effect between educational human capital and green technology innovation is significantly negative, while the moderating effect of healthy human capital on green technology innovation is not significant.

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“…The research has shown the positive moderating effect of environmental regulation in proactive environmental strategies and green innovation. Song and Han (2022) showed that the inhibitory effect of FER on EE is smaller than the promotional effect,and environmental regulations have a greater effect on boosting EE in high level areas. It can be seen that the existing literature is not uniform in its findings on the relationship between environmental regulation and EE.…”

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Research on the influence of environmental regulation on the total factor energy efficiency of China’s construction industry

Chen¹,

Zheng²

2023

Environ. Res. Commun.

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In order to reduce the global carbon emission pressure and improve the energy efficiency of the construction industry, this paper establishes the Un-Super-SBM model to measure the total factor energy efficiency of the construction industry in China,which based on the 2012-2019 Chinese provincial panel data with CO2 emissions as the non-desired output, and uses the panel data model to empirically analyze the impact of formal and informal environmental regulations on the energy efficiency of the construction industry.The results show that, from the national level, the impact of formal environmental regulation on energy efficiency of the construction industry shows an inverted U-shaped trend of promotion followed by inhibition, while the impact of informal environmental regulation on energy efficiency of the construction industry shows a U-shaped trend of inhibition followed by promotion.From the regional level, there are regional differences in the impact of formal and informal environmental regulations on the energy efficiency of the construction industry.Finally, the paper puts forward relevant policy suggestions to promote the improvement of energy utilization efficiency of China's construction industry and achieve sustainable development.

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A bilateral decomposition analysis of the impacts of environmental regulation on energy efficiency in China from 2006 to 2018

Cited by 28 publications

References 78 publications

Does energy intensity correlate with economic growth and government governance?

Does energy intensity correlate with economic growth and government governance?

The Impact of Human Capital on Green Technology Innovation—Moderating Role of Environmental Regulations

Research on the influence of environmental regulation on the total factor energy efficiency of China’s construction industry

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