Spatial Econometric Analysis of Energy Efficiency Convergence of Chinese Provinces

Author

Wu Yu-Ming

Author_Institution

Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Guangxi Normal Univ., Guilin

fYear

2009

fDate

27-31 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Spatial patterns of energy efficiency and its spillovers have always been key issues in the energy economics. What are the effects of energy consumption and efficiency convergence? What are the driving forces behind the spatial convergence process? This paper investigates the convergence process of the energy efficiency in 29 provinces of China over 1995-2004. The data trends show some evidence of convergence over 1995-1999 while divergence over 2000-2004. And the carefully spatial econometric analysis of spatial lag model (SLM) and spatial error model (SEM) verify that energy efficiency over the same period show a convergence process or divergence in the provinces of OLS estimate when other factors are controlled.

Keywords

econometrics; energy conservation; Chinese provinces; OLS estimate; energy economics; energy efficiency convergence; spatial econometric analysis; spatial error model; spatial lag model; Autocorrelation; Convergence; Econometrics; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy management; Environmental economics; Pattern analysis; Power generation economics; Productivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference, 2009. APPEEC 2009. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2486-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2487-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2009.4918776

Filename

4918776