Energy Efficiency Regulation and R&amp;amp;D Activity:A Study of the Top Runner Program in Japan

Hamamoto, Mitsutsugu

doi:10.4236/lce.2011.22012

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“…Also policies to increase the efficiency of consumer products are key for transitions (e.g. Japan's top runner policy) (Hamamoto, 2011). Having recognized their future global market potential, many countries are attempting to be pioneers in low carbon technologies, and support the establishment of domestic lead markets, such as for solar PV or onshore wind (Quitzow et al, 2014).…”

Section: Enter Agency: From Emergent To Governed Energy Transitionsmentioning

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The pace of governed energy transitions: Agency, international dynamics and the global Paris agreement accelerating decarbonisation processes?

Kern

Rogge

2016

Energy Research & Social Science

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The recent debate on the temporal dynamics of energy transitions is crucial since one of the main reasons for embarking on transitions away from fossil fuels is tackling climate change. Long-drawn out transitions, taking decades or even centuries as we have seen historically, are unlikely to help achieve climate change mitigation targets. Therefore, the pace of energy transitions and whether they can be sped up is a key academic and policy question. Our argument is that while history is important in order to understand the dynamics of transitions, the pace of historic transitions is only partly a good guide to the future. We agree with Sovacool's (2016) argument that quicker transitions have happened in the past and may therefore also be possible in the future globally. The key reason for our optimism is that historic energy transitions have not been consciously governed, whereas today a wide variety of actors are engaged in active attempts to govern the transition towards low carbon energy systems. In addition, international innovation dynamics can work in favour of speeding up the global low-carbon transition. Finally, the 2015 Paris agreement demonstrates a global commitment to move towards a low carbon economy for the first time, thereby signalling the required political will to foster quick transitions and to overcome resistance, such as from from incumbents with sunk infrastructure investments.

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Section: Enter Agency: From Emergent To Governed Energy Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The pace of governed energy transitions: Agency, international dynamics and the global Paris agreement accelerating decarbonisation processes?

Kern

Rogge

2016

Energy Research & Social Science

197

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“…Lanoie et al (2008) also verified the positive effect of the environmental regulation by empirically studying the relationship between the environmental regulation and TFP in Quebec's manufacturing industry. Hamamoto (2011) took a new program launched in Japan to improve the energy efficiency of household appliances and automobiles as a natural experiment to analyze its impact on the R&D behavior of enterprises. It was found that the introduction of this program significantly increased the R&D expenditure of household appliances enterprises by 9.5%.…”

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Will Environmental Regulation Narrow the Gap in Regional Economic Growth?

Shang

Zheng

2021

Journal of Global Information Management

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Empirical studies have shown that China's Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law (APPCL2000), as an environmental regulation, has significantly alleviated the air pollution problem and improved the TFP of air polluting enterprises. However, few scholars have studied the regional heterogeneity of this policy. To study this issue, this manuscript introduces the "Hu Line" from the perspective of regional resource endowment differences and divides China into a resource advantage area (A area) and a resource disadvantage area (B area). Subsequently, this manuscript uses the triple difference model and big data of Chinese industrial enterprises to verify. The results show that under environmental regulations, the TFP of air polluting enterprises in B area has increased more than in A area, and the rapid decline in the proportion of low-efficiency air polluting enterprises in B area is the main mechanism. It shows that environmental regulation is beneficial to narrow the gap of regional economic growth and realize economic catch-up in resource-disadvantaged areas.

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“…The regulatory follow up is to set standards following the top runner, pressing laggards out of the market. The very differentiated top runner structure for cars, in many weight classes showed an adverse effect in statistical analysis according to (Hamamoto 2011). It is not sure for cultural reasons if such programs can effectively be introduced in the EU.…”

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“…The Top Runner in the market receives broad public attention and an exclusive label for a limited period. This leads to a price premium (Nishitani and Itoh 2014), creating an effective incentive for R&D for the firms in the market for electric appliances, see (Hamamoto 2011). The regulatory follow up is to set standards following the top runner, pressing laggards out of the market.…”

Section: Directing Private Technologies and Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%