The marginal and double threshold effects of regional innovation on energy consumption structure: Evidence from resource-based regions in China

• Published in: Energy policy Vol. 131; pp. 144 - 154
• Main Authors: Hao, Xiaoli, Deng, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2019; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Ability; Brain; Brain drain; China; Degradation; Developing countries; Double thresholds; Driving; Economic development; Economic models; Economics; energy; Energy consumption; Energy consumption structure; Energy development; Energy policy; Heterogeneity; Human resources; Industrial policy; Innovations; issues and policy; LDCs; Marginal effect; Optimization; Policy making; Regional development; Regional economic development; Regional innovation; Regions; Research subjects; threshold models; Thresholds; China; Energy consumption structure; Marginal effect; Double thresholds; Regional innovation

Innovation-driven, energy consumption structure optimisation is crucial in developing countries. China, as a typical developing country, has been shifting its economic development model from a traditional approach to innovation-driven, high-quality development. We select nine resource-based regions...