Research on Benefit-based Regional Energy Consumption Responsibility
There are common and deep economic relationships between regions in China,thus the energy consumption of each region not only satisfies the requirement of production and consumption in each region but also supports economic activities in other regions.Scientifically and fairly accounting regional responsibility for energy consumption is not only helpful for identifying the contributions of each region to total energy consumption in China but also useful for designing efficient inter-regional energy policies.Because motivations of various economic agents consuming energy consumption are acquiring various kinds of benefit,the benefit principle is commonly regarded as the basic principle of accounting responsibility for energy consumption.However,the specific meaning of benefit principle is not single.According to the types of benefit,the benefit principle can be categorized as three primary principles,including the production principle,the income principle and the consumption principle,and four shared responsibility principles,including the income weighted principle,the consumption weighted principle,the comprehensive principle and the weighted comprehensive principles,which are derived from the primary principles.Considering that the multi-regional input-output (MRIO) model is a powerful tool for describing the deeply economic relationship between regions and various kinds of benefit,this paper proposes a framework for accounting responsibility for energy consumption at the regional level according to various benefit principles,using the MRIO model,and applies it to analyze the energy efficiency and responsibility for energy consumption at the provincial level in China.The results indicate that the energy efficiencies of the same sector in different provinces are significantly different from each other.For each province,its efficiencies and responsibilities under different principles are significantly different for each other.However,the energy efficiencies of provinces (such as Ningxia,Guizhou,Qinghai,Shanxi and Inner Mongolia) with high proportions of classical energy intensive industries are always ranked lower,whereas the efficiencies of coastal provinces (such as Zhejiang,Beijing,Guangdong,Shanghai and Jiangsu) are always ranked higher,irrespective to the principles.At the same time,the responsibilities of provinces with larger economic sizes (such as Guangdong,Jiangsu and Shandong) are always very large,whereas those of provinces with smaller economic sizes (such as Hainan,Ningxia and Qinghai) are always very small.These findings have abundant policy implications.First,the key point of energy conservation for those regions with higher share of intensive industries,including Ningxia,Guizhou,Qinghai,Shanxi,Inner Mongolia,Xinjiang,Gansu and Yunnan,and the provinces whose production responsibilities are higher than their other responsibilities,including Hebei,Hubei,Hunan and Guangxi,is optimize the mode of production.Second,the major policy for energy conservation in those provinces.whose consumption or consumption weighted responsibilities are higher than their other responsibilities,including Beijing,Tianjin,Jilin,Shanghai,Jiangsu,Zhejiang,Anhui,Fujian,Jiangxi,Guangdong,Chongqing and Sichuan,is optimizing consumption pattern and purchasing products from regions with higher energy efficiency as far as possible.Third,the regions whose income or income weighted responsibilities are higher than their other responsibilities,including Heilongjiang,Hainan,Shandong,Shanxi,Liaoning and Henan,should optimize the mode of production as well as sell more products to regions with higher energy efficiency.But of course the energy conservation strategies of each region should cover measures including production,selling and consumption,and they just emphasize different areas.At the same time,China should make efforts to break the regional trade barrier to build a uniform domestic market,enable each province to exert their comparative advantages through fair competition and promote industrial structure optimization across regions.
regional energy consumption responsibilityregional energy efficiencybenefit principlemulti-regional input-output model
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