Does inter-provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability? Evidence from China
Through inter-provincial energy exportation, the coal resource-based area (CRA) makes a significant contribution to ensuring domestic energy security in China. However, CRA suffers from energy poverty itself. To investigate whether inter-provincial energy exportation can mitigate local energy povert...
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| description | Through inter-provincial energy exportation, the coal resource-based area (CRA) makes a significant contribution to ensuring domestic energy security in China. However, CRA suffers from energy poverty itself. To investigate whether inter-provincial energy exportation can mitigate local energy poverty, this study focuses on the improvement of local energy affordability to mitigate energy poverty because adequate energy access has been achieved in China. Based on panel data of five provinces in CRA covering the period of 2000–2018, we estimate the impact of inter-provincial energy exportation on local energy affordability as well as the moderating effect of industrial structure upgrading on this impact. The results show that energy affordability in CRA is generally weaker than the national average, and energy affordability in rural areas is weaker than that in urban areas. Meanwhile, inter-provincial energy exportation poses an inverted U-shaped impact on local energy affordability, and because energy exportation structure positively affects local energy affordability, an increase in the share of electricity in total energy exportation by 1% can lead to a 0.05% improvement in local energy affordability. Furthermore, industrial structure upgrading plays a limited role in local energy affordability improvement, which is because the tertiary industry poses a negative moderating effect on this inverted U-shaped impact. These findings have important policy implications for adjusting inter-provincial energy exports and optimizing the industrial structure in CRA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07b8230f4c55434ab0f12fe90289c3d02023-02-21T05:14:12ZengElsevierEnergy Reports2352-48472022-11-0181384813858Does inter-provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability? Evidence from ChinaJin Zhang0Zheng Wang1College of Economics and Management, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan Shanxi 030024, ChinaCenter of Economic Research, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; Corresponding author.Through inter-provincial energy exportation, the coal resource-based area (CRA) makes a significant contribution to ensuring domestic energy security in China. However, CRA suffers from energy poverty itself. To investigate whether inter-provincial energy exportation can mitigate local energy poverty, this study focuses on the improvement of local energy affordability to mitigate energy poverty because adequate energy access has been achieved in China. Based on panel data of five provinces in CRA covering the period of 2000–2018, we estimate the impact of inter-provincial energy exportation on local energy affordability as well as the moderating effect of industrial structure upgrading on this impact. The results show that energy affordability in CRA is generally weaker than the national average, and energy affordability in rural areas is weaker than that in urban areas. Meanwhile, inter-provincial energy exportation poses an inverted U-shaped impact on local energy affordability, and because energy exportation structure positively affects local energy affordability, an increase in the share of electricity in total energy exportation by 1% can lead to a 0.05% improvement in local energy affordability. Furthermore, industrial structure upgrading plays a limited role in local energy affordability improvement, which is because the tertiary industry poses a negative moderating effect on this inverted U-shaped impact. These findings have important policy implications for adjusting inter-provincial energy exports and optimizing the industrial structure in CRA.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722022375Energy affordabilityInter-provincial energy exportationCoal resource-based areaEnergy poverty mitigationInverted U-shaped nexus |
| spellingShingle | Jin Zhang Zheng Wang Does inter-provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability? Evidence from China Energy Reports Energy affordability Inter-provincial energy exportation Coal resource-based area Energy poverty mitigation Inverted U-shaped nexus |
| title | Does inter-provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability? Evidence from China |
| title_full | Does inter-provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability? Evidence from China |
| title_fullStr | Does inter-provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability? Evidence from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does inter-provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability? Evidence from China |
| title_short | Does inter-provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability? Evidence from China |
| title_sort | does inter provincial energy exportation affect local energy affordability evidence from china |
| topic | Energy affordability Inter-provincial energy exportation Coal resource-based area Energy poverty mitigation Inverted U-shaped nexus |
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