The paper analyzes the impact mechanism of disparities in energy efficiency among cities in China on econom-ic green development from the perspective of government behav-ior based on the theory of new structural economics.Using the recentered influence function to measure urban energy efficiency disparities,an empirical study is conducted with panel data from 274 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2020.The re-sults show that urban energy efficiency disparities incentivize lo-cal governments to undertake industrial and energy structural transformation,implement environmental regulations,control energy intensity,and engage in technological innovation,there-by promoting economic green development.The promoting effect and mechanism of energy efficiency disparities on economic green development vary deponding on factors such as time,re-gion,the degree of government dominance,intensity of local government competition,level of marketization,and the degree of government-market coordination.Accordingly,we propose that we should leverage regional energy efficiency disparities to stimulate energy technology breakthroughs and technology trans-fer,promote the energy technology revolution through govern-ment-market coordination precisely,improve the mechanism of regional energy efficiency disparities to promote economic green development comprehensively.
urban energy efficiency disparitiesgreen developmentgovernment behaviormarketization level
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