E2E Double-Process Efficiency Analysis from the Perspectives of Energy Consumption and Environmental Treatment. Issue 11 (2nd September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhou, Wei; Lu, Shuai; Chen, Jin; Chen, Qingjuan; Meng, Sun
• Is Part Of: Emerging markets finance & trade. Volume 57:Issue 11(2021)
• Page Start: 3067
• Page End: 3100
• Publication Date: 2021-09-02
• Subjects: E2E double-process efficiency -- energy consumption -- environmental treatment -- intermediate output -- China; C21 -- C6 -- F43 -- G38; Balkan Peninsula -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Balkan Peninsula -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Europe, Central -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Europe, Central -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Europe, Eastern -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Europe, Eastern -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Turkey -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Turkey -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Asia -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Asia -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; 382.05
• DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2019.1697673
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1540-496X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Energy consumption and environmental treatment have always been hot issues. This paper focuses on these two issues in China and attempts to investigate them based on the energy-to-environment (E2E) double-process. To achieve this aim, this paper first develops two E2E double-process models. Moreover, an empirical study is conducted to evaluate the E2E double-process efficiencies based on the data of 30 provinces in China. The results show that: 1)The E2E double-process efficiency in China is stable. However, this efficiency is low with large differences among individual provinces. 2)The values of the E2E double-process efficiency and the E2E energy consumption efficiency of China are similar, and both values are lower than that of the E2E environmental treatment. 3)The E2E environmental treatment efficiency has a potential driving effect in each province of China. 4)The intermediate output is used as a complete or partial input could significantly affect the E2E double-process efficiency.