A comparison of the facts at the micro-and macro-level indicates that although some Chinese enterprises are at the international frontier in terms of micro-level energy efficiency,overall energy efficiency at the indu...A comparison of the facts at the micro-and macro-level indicates that although some Chinese enterprises are at the international frontier in terms of micro-level energy efficiency,overall energy efficiency at the industrial and national level is seriously lagging behind.Hypotheses based on a market segmentation framework indicate that this is because market segmentation inhibits energy efficiency through its effect on technical efficiency,scale efficiency and allocation efficiency.This effect has been demonstrated by empirical research based on Chinese provincial panel data.展开更多
基金The research was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71622014,41771564 and 71774165)the Humanities and Social Science Fund of the Ministry of Education(14JJD790033 and K16YJA790049)We hereby express our thanks to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions.
文摘A comparison of the facts at the micro-and macro-level indicates that although some Chinese enterprises are at the international frontier in terms of micro-level energy efficiency,overall energy efficiency at the industrial and national level is seriously lagging behind.Hypotheses based on a market segmentation framework indicate that this is because market segmentation inhibits energy efficiency through its effect on technical efficiency,scale efficiency and allocation efficiency.This effect has been demonstrated by empirical research based on Chinese provincial panel data.
