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Energy Efficiency
Published in: Energy Efficiency 6/2017

28-06-2017 | Original Article

Direct rebound effect for urban household in China—an empirical study

Authors: Xuehui Li, Jianghua Liu, Xia Liu

Published in: Energy Efficiency | Issue 6/2017

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Abstract

Household sector has become one important target sector on which the Chinese government implements its energy-saving and emission reduction policies. Improving energy efficiency is the primary method adopted by the Chinese government for energy conservation. However, its real energy-saving effects would be affected greatly owing to energy rebound effects. In this paper, we set up a Linear Approximation of the Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) model to estimate the direct rebound effect for urban households in China, and real energy conservation effect of improving energy efficiency is also obtained. The assessment of the rebound has a lot of uncertainty, and therefore, exact figures are hard to determine. The results show that energy rebound for Chinese urban household is approximately 66%. In this regard, the Chinese government could not accomplish the energy conservation target through improving energy efficiency only. Policy supplements like energy pricing reform are also needed.
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Footnotes
1
Data source: author calculated it based on the relevant data from China Statistical Yearbook 2013
 
2
Data source: author calculated it based on the relevant data from China Statistical Yearbook 2013 and China Premium Database
 
4
Tibet is not included due to data unavailability and Chongqing is classed into Sichuan province
 
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Metadata
Title
Direct rebound effect for urban household in China—an empirical study
Authors
Xuehui Li
Jianghua Liu
Xia Liu
Publication date
28-06-2017
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Energy Efficiency / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 1570-646X
Electronic ISSN: 1570-6478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-017-9533-4

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