Measuring energy performance with sectoral heterogeneity: A non-parametric frontier approach

作者：Wang, H.; Ang, B. W.; Wang, Q. W.; Zhou, P.^*

来源：Energy Economics, 2017, 62: 70-78.

DOI：10.1016/j.eneco.2016.12.005

• Energy performance
• Sectoral heterogeneity
• Index number
• Non-parametric frontier approach

Evaluating economy-wide energy performance is an integral part of assessing the effectiveness of a country's energy efficiency policy. Non-parametric frontier approach has been widely used by researchers for such a purpose. This paper proposes an extended non-parametric frontier approach to studying economy-wide energy efficiency and productivity performances by accounting for sectoral heterogeneity. Relevant techniques in index number theory are incorporated to quantify the driving forces behind changes in the economy-wide energy productivity index. The proposed approach facilitates flexible modelling of different sectors' production processes, and helps to examine sectors' impact on the aggregate energy performance. A case study of China's economy-wide energy efficiency and productivity performances in its 11th five-year plan period (2006-2010) is presented. It is found that sectoral heterogeneities in terms of energy performance are significant in China. Meanwhile, China's economy-wide energy productivity increased slightly during the study period, mainly driven by the technical efficiency improvement. A number of other findings have also been reported.

• 出版日期2017-2
• 单位南京航空航天大学