Energy efficiency, carbon dioxide emission efficiency, and related abatement costs in regional China: a synthesis of input–output analysis and DEA

Cheng, Y; Lv, K; Wang, J; Xu, H

Energy efficiency, carbon dioxide emission efficiency, and related abatement costs in regional China: a synthesis of input–output analysis and DEA

Cheng, Y Lv, K Wang, J

Xu, H

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Publisher:: SPRINGER
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Energy Efficiency, 2019, 12, (4), pp. 863-877
Issue Date:: 2019-04-02

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dc.contributor.author	Cheng, Y
dc.contributor.author	Lv, K
dc.contributor.author	Wang, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6128-1254
dc.contributor.author	Xu, H
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-17T12:35:07Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-17T12:35:07Z
dc.date.issued	2019-04-02
dc.identifier.citation	Energy Efficiency, 2019, 12, (4), pp. 863-877
dc.identifier.issn	1570-646X
dc.identifier.issn	1570-6478
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/160422
dc.description.abstract	This paper attempts to examine energy efficiency, carbon dioxide (CO2) emission efficiency, and related abatement costs of China’s regions in 2012 by considering embodied carbon caused by trade. To this end, a combined approach with environmentally extended input–output analysis (EEIO) and DEA is proposed. We first apply the EEIO model to measure CO2 emissions of 30 China’s regions from the consumption perspective, which can identify the described embodied carbon. According to the amounts of CO2 emissions with respect to the production-based and consumption-based principles, 30 regions are divided into two groups, i.e., emission-importing regions and emission-exporting regions. For emission-importing regions, CO2 emissions from the consumption perspective exceed that from the production-based perspective. The emission-exporting regions exhibit the opposite case. Our results show that energy efficiency and CO2 emission abatement costs will be underestimated in both groups when ignoring the embodied carbon emissions. The emission-importing regions evidence higher efficiency scores and abatement costs than those emission-exporting regions, and there is a significant difference between these two groups in terms of energy efficiency and CO2 emission efficiency, whereas there is no significant difference with respect to CO2 emission abatement costs. It is interesting that emission-exporting regions enjoy a slight increase in CO2 emission efficiency whereas emission-importing regions suffer from a decrease. Some useful policy implications are achieved.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SPRINGER
dc.relation	National Natural Science Foundation of China71503161
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy Efficiency
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s12053-018-9695-8
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0905 Civil Engineering, 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1205 Urban and Regional Planning
dc.title	Energy efficiency, carbon dioxide emission efficiency, and related abatement costs in regional China: a synthesis of input–output analysis and DEA
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	12
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-08-17T12:35:03Z
pubs.issue	4
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	12
utslib.citation.issue	4

Abstract:

This paper attempts to examine energy efficiency, carbon dioxide (CO2) emission efficiency, and related abatement costs of China’s regions in 2012 by considering embodied carbon caused by trade. To this end, a combined approach with environmentally extended input–output analysis (EEIO) and DEA is proposed. We first apply the EEIO model to measure CO2 emissions of 30 China’s regions from the consumption perspective, which can identify the described embodied carbon. According to the amounts of CO2 emissions with respect to the production-based and consumption-based principles, 30 regions are divided into two groups, i.e., emission-importing regions and emission-exporting regions. For emission-importing regions, CO2 emissions from the consumption perspective exceed that from the production-based perspective. The emission-exporting regions exhibit the opposite case. Our results show that energy efficiency and CO2 emission abatement costs will be underestimated in both groups when ignoring the embodied carbon emissions. The emission-importing regions evidence higher efficiency scores and abatement costs than those emission-exporting regions, and there is a significant difference between these two groups in terms of energy efficiency and CO2 emission efficiency, whereas there is no significant difference with respect to CO2 emission abatement costs. It is interesting that emission-exporting regions enjoy a slight increase in CO2 emission efficiency whereas emission-importing regions suffer from a decrease. Some useful policy implications are achieved.

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