Journal
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
Volume 120, Issue -, Pages 209-218Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.12.013
Keywords
Energy intensity; Region; Economic structure; Processing exports; China
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71473246]
- Beijing Social Science Foundation of China [16YJC068]
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In this paper we decompose the China's regional disparity of energy intensity into the contributions of pure energy intensity gap and the difference in both industrial structure and export structure by trade regimes. Our decompositions suggest that the high energy intensities in western and central regions are mainly attributable to the high sectoral energy intensity, which accounts for more than half of the overall energy intensity gap. In contrast, the low energy intensities in coastal regions are mainly attributable to low sectoral energy intensity and to high proportions of output in relatively clean rather than energy intensive industries. A high proportion of processing exports also contribute positively to the low energy intensities of coastal regions, but the magnitude is very small, less than 6%. Our decomposition results provide policy implications for energy saving across Chinese regions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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