The elasticity of the potential of emission reduction to energy saving: Definition, measurement, and evidence from China

Ge, Wentong; Zhang, Miao; Shao, Shuai; Geng, Yong; Sheng, Jichuan; Li, Dejia

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.012

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“…Based on the DEA theory, the inefficient areas can be improved and become the efficient areas by adjusting the slack (Shi et al, 2010). Potential carbon dioxide emission reduction (PCR) was calculated as follows (Guo et al, 2011;Wu et al, 2017a):…”

Section: Data Envelopment Analysismentioning

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The effect of urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Huang

Kwan

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

148

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a b s t r a c tCities have been one of the most important areas of CO 2 emissions. It is increasingly important to research the effect of urbanization on CO 2 emissions, especially in large emerging and developing economies, due to the indispensable need for understanding the effect of urbanization on CO 2 emissions, evaluating carbon reduction tasks and providing the scientific basis for low-carbon urbanization. Utilizing a balanced panel dataset in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China, during the period of 2000e2010, this paper employed data envelopment analysis (DEA) window analysis and a spatial lag panel Tobit model to investigate the effect of urbanization on CO 2 emissions efficiency (the ratio of the target CO 2 emissions to the actual CO 2 emissions). The results show that the average CO 2 emissions efficiency was 0.959 in 2010, and CO 2 emissions efficiency ranged from 0.816 to 1 and exhibited spatial clustering in the region. The larger potential of CO 2 emissions reduction appeared in Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, indicating that more CO 2 emissions reduction tasks should be allocated to these two cities. Urbanization has negative effects on improving CO 2 emissions efficiency, and there is a U-curve relation between CO 2 emissions efficiency and urbanization, indicating that CO 2 emissions efficiency decreases at the early stage of urbanization, then increases when urbanization reach a high level. There is spatial spillover effect among the prefecture-level cities, suggesting that different prefecture-level governments should coordinate with each other to improve CO 2 emissions efficiency in the whole area. Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita also plays a markedly positive role in improving CO 2 emissions efficiency. This research highlights the effect of urbanization on CO 2 emissions efficiency and the importance of improving CO 2 emissions efficiency in developing countries.

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Section: Data Envelopment Analysismentioning

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The effect of urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Huang

Kwan

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

148

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“…The central government should strengthen the macro‐control of local governments and, to a certain extent, intervene with local governments to prevent the vicious competition between them which leads to higher carbon emissions. (Wu et al, 2017).…”

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Effect of local government decision‐making competition on carbon emissions: Evidence from China's three urban agglomerations

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Analyzing the effect of local government decision‐making competition on regional carbon emissions is important for reducing carbon emissions in rapidly urbanizing areas. Taking the energy rebound effect into account, this study analyzes the effect on carbon emissions of competition between local governments in decision making. Focusing on China's three urban agglomerations, this study further discusses how to avoid this influence. The results show that local government decision‐making competition is one of the main causes of the regional “green paradox”; the effect of local government decision‐making competition on carbon emissions has significant regional heterogeneity and spatial dependence, and the short‐term energy rebound effect is greater than the long‐term energy rebound effect; and local government decision‐making competition has three effects on carbon emissions that also have interaction and substitution effects between them: factor market distortion, investment bias, and the “race to the bottom” of environmental policies. However, four measures can reduce the effect of local government decision‐making competition on carbon emissions: one, improving the performance evaluation system of local governments; two, promoting the marketization of factor prices; three, improving both the energy efficiency and upgrading of industrial structures; and four, introducing macro emission reduction policies that allow the central government to intervene directly.

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“…Energy conservation and emission reduction are the objective needs of the survival and development of small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises [5]. On the one hand, the low energy consumption of enterprises is a benefit in itself; On the other hand, enterprises should put in place emission reduction measures, pay attention to cleaner production, and reduce waste gas and sewage discharge from the source, which can not only avoid the "high-voltage line" that pollutes the environment, but also enjoy the preferential policies of ecological compensation [6][7].…”

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Research on the Driving Factors of Technological Innovation of Technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Context of Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction

Sun¹

2022

AJST

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Energy conservation and emission reduction is an important measure to implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, promote economic restructuring and change the development mode. It is an unshirkable social responsibility of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to require the joint efforts of all citizens. Based on the current situation, this paper analyzes the influencing factors of the technological innovation ability of China's energy conservation and emission reduction enterprises from both external and internal aspects, and puts forward some suggestions.

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The elasticity of the potential of emission reduction to energy saving: Definition, measurement, and evidence from China

Cited by 28 publications

References 55 publications

The effect of urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China

The effect of urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Effect of local government decision‐making competition on carbon emissions: Evidence from China's three urban agglomerations

Research on the Driving Factors of Technological Innovation of Technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Context of Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction

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