Direct energy rebound effect for road passenger transport in China: A dynamic panel quantile regression approach |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Business School, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China;2. Center for Resource and Environmental Management, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China;3. Hologic Corporation, 2585 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA;1. Collaborative Innovation Center for Energy Economics and Energy Policy, China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy, Xiamen University, Fujian, 361005, PR China;2. Newhuadu Business School, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, PR China;3. The School of Economics, China Center for Energy Economics Research, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, PR China;1. University of Evry, 2 rue Facteur Cheval, Evry 91025, France;2. IPAG Business School, IPAG LAB, France;3. EDC Paris Business School, France;4. INSEEC Business School, France;5. ESSCA School of Management, France;1. School of Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, PR China;2. Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 100836, PR China;3. School of Management, China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy, Collaborative Innovation Center for Energy Economics and Energy Policy, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, PR China |
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| Abstract: | The transport sector appears a main energy consumer in China and plays a significant role in energy conservation. Improving energy efficiency proves an effective way to reduce energy consumption in transport sector, whereas its effectiveness may be affected by the rebound effect. This paper proposes a dynamic panel quantile regression model to estimate the direct energy rebound effect for road passenger transport in the whole country, eastern, central and western China, respectively, based on the data of 30 provinces from 2003 to 2012. The empirical results reveal that, first of all, the direct rebound effect does exist for road passenger transport and on the whole country, the short-term and long-term direct rebound effects are 25.53% and 26.56% on average, respectively. Second, the direct rebound effect for road passenger transport in central and eastern China tends to decrease, increase and then decrease again, whereas that in western China decreases and then increases, with the increasing passenger kilometers. Finally, when implementing energy efficiency policy in road passenger transport sector, the effectiveness of energy conservation in western China proves much better than that in central China overall, while the effectiveness in central China is relatively better than that in eastern China. |
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| Keywords: | Direct rebound effect Passenger transport Energy efficiency Dynamic panel quantile regression |
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