Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries
Energy intensity has declined significantly in four Chinese industries -- pulp and paper; cement; iron and steel; and aluminum. While previous studies have identified technological change within an industry to be an important influence on energy in...
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okr-10986-159122021-04-23T14:03:26Z Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries Fisher-Vanden, Karen Hu, Yong Jefferson, Gary Rock, Michael Toman, Michael ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ALUMINUM INDUSTRY APPROACH BUILDING MATERIALS CAPABILITIES CEMENT CEMENT INDUSTRY CEMENT PLANTS CEMENT PRODUCTION COAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENERGY INPUT ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICE ENERGY PRICING ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY USAGE ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUEL FUEL SUBSTITUTION GAS GENERATION GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HIGHER ENERGY PRICES IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IRON MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MARKET ECONOMY MARKET PRICES MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE OPEN ACCESS OUTDATED TECHNOLOGIES OUTSOURCING PAPER INDUSTRY POLLUTION POLLUTION PREVENTION POWER PRICE ELASTICITY PRIMARY ENERGY PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY R&D RAW MATERIALS RESULT RESULTS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TIME PERIOD WASTE WASTEWATER WEB WORLD TRADE Energy intensity has declined significantly in four Chinese industries -- pulp and paper; cement; iron and steel; and aluminum. While previous studies have identified technological change within an industry to be an important influence on energy intensity, few have examined how industry-specific policies and market factors also affect industry-level intensity. This paper employs unique firm-level data from China's most energy-intensive large and medium-size industrial enterprises in each of these four industries over a six-year period from 1999 to 2004. It empirically examines how China's energy-saving programs, liberalization of domestic markets, openness to the world economy, and other policies, contribute to the decline in energy intensity in these industries. The results suggest that rising energy costs are a significant contributor to the decline in energy intensity in all four industries. China's industrial policies targeting scale economies -- for example, "grasping the large, letting go off the small" -- also seem to have contributed to reductions in energy intensity in these four industries. However, the results also suggest that trade openness and technology development led to declines in energy intensity in only one or two of these industries. Finally, the analysis finds that energy intensities vary among firms with different ownership types and regional locations. 2013-09-27T18:44:20Z 2013-09-27T18:44:20Z 2013-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18055822/factors-influencing-energy-intensity-four-chinese-industries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15912 English Policy Research Working Paper;No.6551 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China |
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ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ALUMINUM INDUSTRY APPROACH BUILDING MATERIALS CAPABILITIES CEMENT CEMENT INDUSTRY CEMENT PLANTS CEMENT PRODUCTION COAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENERGY INPUT ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICE ENERGY PRICING ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY USAGE ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUEL FUEL SUBSTITUTION GAS GENERATION GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HIGHER ENERGY PRICES IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IRON MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MARKET ECONOMY MARKET PRICES MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE OPEN ACCESS OUTDATED TECHNOLOGIES OUTSOURCING PAPER INDUSTRY POLLUTION POLLUTION PREVENTION POWER PRICE ELASTICITY PRIMARY ENERGY PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY R&D RAW MATERIALS RESULT RESULTS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TIME PERIOD WASTE WASTEWATER WEB WORLD TRADE |
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ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ALUMINUM INDUSTRY APPROACH BUILDING MATERIALS CAPABILITIES CEMENT CEMENT INDUSTRY CEMENT PLANTS CEMENT PRODUCTION COAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENERGY INPUT ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICE ENERGY PRICING ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY USAGE ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUEL FUEL SUBSTITUTION GAS GENERATION GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HIGHER ENERGY PRICES IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IRON MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MARKET ECONOMY MARKET PRICES MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE OPEN ACCESS OUTDATED TECHNOLOGIES OUTSOURCING PAPER INDUSTRY POLLUTION POLLUTION PREVENTION POWER PRICE ELASTICITY PRIMARY ENERGY PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY R&D RAW MATERIALS RESULT RESULTS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TIME PERIOD WASTE WASTEWATER WEB WORLD TRADE Fisher-Vanden, Karen Hu, Yong Jefferson, Gary Rock, Michael Toman, Michael Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No.6551 |
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Energy intensity has declined
significantly in four Chinese industries -- pulp and paper;
cement; iron and steel; and aluminum. While previous studies
have identified technological change within an industry to
be an important influence on energy intensity, few have
examined how industry-specific policies and market factors
also affect industry-level intensity. This paper employs
unique firm-level data from China's most
energy-intensive large and medium-size industrial
enterprises in each of these four industries over a six-year
period from 1999 to 2004. It empirically examines how
China's energy-saving programs, liberalization of
domestic markets, openness to the world economy, and other
policies, contribute to the decline in energy intensity in
these industries. The results suggest that rising energy
costs are a significant contributor to the decline in energy
intensity in all four industries. China's industrial
policies targeting scale economies -- for example,
"grasping the large, letting go off the small" --
also seem to have contributed to reductions in energy
intensity in these four industries. However, the results
also suggest that trade openness and technology development
led to declines in energy intensity in only one or two of
these industries. Finally, the analysis finds that energy
intensities vary among firms with different ownership types
and regional locations. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Fisher-Vanden, Karen Hu, Yong Jefferson, Gary Rock, Michael Toman, Michael |
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Fisher-Vanden, Karen Hu, Yong Jefferson, Gary Rock, Michael Toman, Michael |
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Fisher-Vanden, Karen |
| title |
Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries |
| title_short |
Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries |
| title_full |
Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries |
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Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries |
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Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries |
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factors influencing energy intensity in four chinese industries |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18055822/factors-influencing-energy-intensity-four-chinese-industries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15912 |
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