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MEASURING THE INTER-STRUCTURAL LOW-CARBON ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES FROM PERSPECTIVES OF INDUSTRIAL HETEROGENEITY AND SCALE ECONOMY: A CASE STUDY OF CHINA'S 29 NON-FERROUS METAL INDUSTRIES.
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Technological & Economic Development of Economy . 2022, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p1022-1043. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- With the rapid energy consumption increase in China's non-ferrous metal industry (NMI), there are inequalities in energy-related CO2 emissions among the sub-sectors. In this paper, a meta-frontier decomposition analysis was proposed for decomposing inter-structural low-carbon economic development inequalities among 29 sub-sectors in China's NMI from 2004 to 2018 into 11 components, including four new factors, i.e., energy- and output-oriented technological gaps and scale economies. In addition, an I(CI) index is constructed to measure the inter-inequalities of low-carbon economic development among NMI and decomposed from the static and dynamic perspectives, respectively. Results show that: (1) I(CI) index was in a downward trend during 2004-2010, while remained stable during 2010-2018; (2) the energy-oriented technological gap (ETG) was the key promoters to increase I(CI); (3) the potential energy intensity (PEI) was the primary inhibiting factor for I(CI); (4) the government can reduce the inter-inequalities by narrowing the technological gap and reducing potential energy intensity in the energy market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20294913
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Technological & Economic Development of Economy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158033622
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3846/tede.2022.16730