Modeling China’s energy consumption behaviour and changes in energy intensity

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dc.contributor.authorMa, Hengyun
dc.contributor.authorOxley, Les
dc.contributor.authorGibson, John
dc.contributor.authorKim, Bonggeun
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-15T00:47:17Z
dc.date.available2009-07-15T00:47:17Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractChina's demand for energy has grown to fuel its rapidly expanding industrial, commercial and consumer sectors. At the same time, China has become the second largest consumer of petroleum products having surpassed Japan for the first time in 2003. The environmental consequences of a continuation of these trends will have global implications. Government policies and consumers have become more environmentally aware, but the ability of governments to formulate policies has been hindered by the lack of data on inter-factor and inter-fuel substitution possibilities. In this paper Allen partial elasticities of factor and energy substitution, and price elasticities of energy demand are calculated for China's industrial economy using a two-stage translog cost function approach for the period 1995–2004. The results suggest that energy is substitutable with both capital and labor. Coal is significantly substitutable with electricity and slightly complementary with oil, while oil and electricity are slightly substitutable. China's energy intensity is increasing during the study period and the major driver appears to be due to the increased use of energy-intensive technology.en
dc.identifier.citationMa, H., Oxley, L., Gibson, J. & Kim, B. (2009). Modeling China’s energy consumption behaviour and changes in energy intensity. Environmental Modelling & Software.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.04.011en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/2676
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevieren_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfEnvironmental Modelling and Softwareen_NZ
dc.subjectChinaen
dc.subjectenergy intensityen
dc.subjectfactor substitutionen
dc.subjecttechnological changeen
dc.titleModeling China’s energy consumption behaviour and changes in energy intensityen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
pubs.begin-page1293en_NZ
pubs.elements-id34278
pubs.end-page1301en_NZ
pubs.issue11en_NZ
pubs.volume24en_NZ
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