Convergence mechanism of energy efficiency for Chinese secondary industry

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the theory of economical growth convergence, the model of theoretical energy efficiency convergence mechanism is deduced, and the model is tested by using China’s panel data for the secondary industry from the year of 1995 to 2009, it is found that with the GDP per labor difference between coastal and inland areas in the secondary industry converges, the energy efficiency difference for the secondary industry between coastal and inland areas is also convergence, although the convergence speed of energy efficiency is slower. It is also concluded that comparing with the coastal areas, the energy efficiency gap for the provinces located right in the middle region of inland area as the engine for inland economic growth gradually becomes larger. The convergence or divergence is mostly driven by the differences of internal S&T investment and human capital investment for secondary industry.

Key words: secondary industry, energy efficiency, convergence, micro-mechanism

CLC Number:

F062.1

Zhang Zongyi, Guo Xiaoming, Kang Jijun. Convergence mechanism of energy efficiency for Chinese secondary industry[J]. Science Research Management, 2013, (7): 119-126.

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