How to promote energy efficiency through technological progress in China?

• Published in: Energy (Oxford) Vol. 143; pp. 812 - 821
• Main Authors: Li, Ke, Lin, Boqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 15.01.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: China; Dynamic panel data model; Energy conservation; energy costs; Energy efficiency; Energy price; Energy productivity; manufacturing; Power efficiency; Productivity; Structural transformation; Studies; Technological change; Technological progress; China; Structural transformation; Energy productivity; Dynamic panel data model; Technological progress; Energy price

Technological progress plays a key role in promoting energy efficiency. In order to find the suitable path of technological progress to improve energy efficiency, this study adopts the growth-accounting method to investigate the effects of two types of technological progress, namely, the Hicks-neutr...