Understanding the energy-GDP elasticity: A sectoral approach

Burke, Paul J.; Csereklyei, Zsuzsanna

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2016.07.004

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“…There are also positive and significant coefficients for GDP per capita growth, confirming that electricity use increases as economies grow. The magnitude of the coefficients for log of GDP per capita and the growth of GDP per capita are similar to the findings of Burke and Csereklyei [54].…”

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The Importance of Government Effectiveness for Transitions toward Greater Electrification in Developing Countries

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Burke

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Electricity is a vital factor underlying modern living standards, but there are many developing countries with low levels of electricity access and use. We seek to systematically identify the crucial elements underlying transitions toward greater electrification in developing countries. We use a cross-sectional regression approach with national-level data up to 2012 for 135 low-and middle-income countries. The paper finds that the effectiveness of governments is the most important governance attribute for encouraging the transition to increased electrification in developing countries, on average. The results add to the growing evidence on the importance of governance for development outcomes. Donors seeking to make more successful contributions to electrification may wish to target countries with more effective governments.

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The Importance of Government Effectiveness for Transitions toward Greater Electrification in Developing Countries

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Burke

2017

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“…This basic formulation follows Burke and Csereklyei [3] and Galeotti, Howarth and Lanza [9] in that it allows for a nonlinear effect of per capita income. The income elasticity of energy demand is, therefore, not constant and it can account for the decoupling of energy use from economic growth, possibly with a Kuznets curve behavior.…”

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“…Burke and Csereklyei [3] use per capita data for 132 countries over 1960-2010 to estimate elasticities of sectoral energy use with respect to GDP. Models in both levels and growth rates are estimated resulting in a very income inelastic residential energy demand.…”

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Economic development and energy consumption in the GCC: an international sectoral analysis

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The relationship between economic development and energy consumption has important policy and geopolitical implications intersecting with future energy demand, economic growth and climate change. All countries in the GCC share a common goal to transition to economies less reliant on oil and gas. As part of this transition diversification and energy efficiency strategies have become major strategic priorities. If successful, such policies are likely to significantly change the relationship between domestic energy consumption and GDP. To inform discussion on this topic, this paper assesses the relationship between energy consumption at a sector level and GDP in the GCC relative to a reference group of OECD countries. While there is variation within each grouping and across sectors, the clear result is that energy consumption and economic growth are strongly linked to all sectors in the GCC. This is in contrast to the OECD group where energy and GDP have decoupled. These results highlight both the scope for further improvement in energy efficiency and the need for deeper integration of energy-intensive industry and higher value-added activities and services. We suggest a greater focus on energy productivity-or how maximum value can be obtained from energy consumption-can help guide industrial policy and increase the profile of energy efficiency efforts across the GCC.

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“…Scholars of economic history and ecological economics have also shown that wealthier societies use more and "higher quality" energy per capita ( [34,75,76,42,77]). Most of the above theories deal with quantitative variables and can therefore be used to create quantitative models of energy systems and long-term scenarios of their change under different assumptions.…”

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Integrating techno-economic, socio-technical and political perspectives on national energy transitions: A meta-theoretical framework

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Energy Research & Social Science

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A B S T R A C TEconomic development, technological innovation, and policy change are especially prominent factors shaping energy transitions. Therefore explaining energy transitions requires combining insights from disciplines investigating these factors. The existing literature is not consistent in identifying these disciplines nor proposing how they can be combined. We conceptualize national energy transitions as a co-evolution of three types of systems: energy flows and markets, energy technologies, and energy-related policies. The focus on the three types of systems gives rise to three perspectives on national energy transitions: techno-economic with its roots in energy systems analysis and various domains of economics; socio-technical with its roots in sociology of technology, STS, and evolutionary economics; and political with its roots in political science. We use the three perspectives as an organizing principle to propose a meta-theoretical framework for analyzing national energy transitions. Following Elinor Ostrom's approach, the proposed framework explains national energy transitions through a nested conceptual map of variables and theories. In comparison with the existing meta-theoretical literature, the three perspectives framework elevates the role of political science since policies are likely to be increasingly prominent in shaping 21st century energy transitions.

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Understanding the energy-GDP elasticity: A sectoral approach

Cited by 95 publications

References 47 publications

The Importance of Government Effectiveness for Transitions toward Greater Electrification in Developing Countries

The Importance of Government Effectiveness for Transitions toward Greater Electrification in Developing Countries

Economic development and energy consumption in the GCC: an international sectoral analysis

Integrating techno-economic, socio-technical and political perspectives on national energy transitions: A meta-theoretical framework

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