Resource abundance, industrial structure, and regional carbon emissions efficiency in China

Wang, K; Wu, M; Sun, Y; Shi, X; Sun, A; Zhang, P

Resource abundance, industrial structure, and regional carbon emissions efficiency in China

Wang, K Wu, M Sun, Y Shi, X

Sun, A Zhang, P

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Citation:: Resources Policy, 2019, 60 pp. 203 - 214
Issue Date:: 2019-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wang, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wu, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sun, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shi, X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-7395	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sun, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, P	en_US
dc.date.available	2021-03-31T18:01:46Z
dc.date.issued	2019-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Resources Policy, 2019, 60 pp. 203 - 214	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0301-4207	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/138569
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Elsevier Ltd With increasing concerns over climate change and the global consensus regarding low carbon growth, the transition of resource-based regions has become urgent and challenging. We employ a Slacks-Based Measure with windows analysis approach to estimate the carbon emissions efficiency and abatement potential of China's provinces over the period of 2003–2016. A panel Tobit model is further employed to analyze the direct and indirect effects of natural resource abundance on emissions efficiency. We find that: (1) There exists a negative correlation between resource abundance and carbon emissions efficiency. The more abundant the resources, the lower the emissions efficiency. (2) Although emissions efficiency and abatement potential are generally negatively correlated, abatement potential also depends on the scale of the economy. (3) Resource dependence is unfavourable for the rationalization and advancement of the industrial structure, which indirectly affects the carbon emissions efficiency. These findings imply that resource-based regions should make the improvement of emissions efficiency and the exploration of abatement potential as their top priority of actions for a low-carbon transition, and promote the transformation of industrial structure in order to obtain a double dividend in sustainable development and carbon emissions efficiency.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Resources Policy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.01.001	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Resource abundance, industrial structure, and regional carbon emissions efficiency in China	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	60	en_US
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1605 Policy and Administration	en_US
utslib.for	0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	60	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd With increasing concerns over climate change and the global consensus regarding low carbon growth, the transition of resource-based regions has become urgent and challenging. We employ a Slacks-Based Measure with windows analysis approach to estimate the carbon emissions efficiency and abatement potential of China's provinces over the period of 2003–2016. A panel Tobit model is further employed to analyze the direct and indirect effects of natural resource abundance on emissions efficiency. We find that: (1) There exists a negative correlation between resource abundance and carbon emissions efficiency. The more abundant the resources, the lower the emissions efficiency. (2) Although emissions efficiency and abatement potential are generally negatively correlated, abatement potential also depends on the scale of the economy. (3) Resource dependence is unfavourable for the rationalization and advancement of the industrial structure, which indirectly affects the carbon emissions efficiency. These findings imply that resource-based regions should make the improvement of emissions efficiency and the exploration of abatement potential as their top priority of actions for a low-carbon transition, and promote the transformation of industrial structure in order to obtain a double dividend in sustainable development and carbon emissions efficiency.

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