Factors affecting CO2 emissions in top countries on renewable energies: a LMDI decomposition application

V Moutinho, M Madaleno, R Inglesi-Lotz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study breaks down carbon emissions into six effects considering the current Top 23
countries group on renewable energies, afterwards divided into two different groups (the …

Digital transformation and electricity consumption: Evidence from the Broadband China pilot policy

Q Wang, A Hu, Z Tian - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Taking the Broadband China pilot policy as a quasi-natural experiment, this paper
establishes a Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to investigate the impact of digital …

Innovation for sustainability: the impact of R&D spending on CO2 emissions

YF Fernández, MAF López, BO Blanco - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent decades the sustainability of economic growth has become a critical objective for
most world economies. To achieve this objective it is necessary to stabilize or reduce Green …

Energy innovation and renewable energy consumption in the correction of air pollution levels

A Alvarez-Herranz, D Balsalobre-Lorente, M Shahbaz… - Energy policy, 2017 - Elsevier
This study analyses the relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution.
Specifically, it investigates the presence of an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in 17 …

Sectoral effects of a green tax reform in Portugal

M Rodríguez, M Robaina, C Teotónio - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Economic downturn coupled with serious and persisting environmental problems require a
new regulation system to tackle these problems. The Portuguese government created the …

Energy intensity developments in 40 major economies: structural change or technology improvement?

S Voigt, E De Cian, M Schymura, E Verdolini - Energy Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
This study analyzes energy intensity trends and drivers in 40 major economies using the
WIOD database, a novel harmonized and consistent dataset of input–output table time …

Structural change and convergence of energy intensity across OECD countries, 1970–2005

P Mulder, HLF De Groot - Energy Economics, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper uses new and unique data derived from a consistent framework of national
accounts to compute and evaluate energy intensity developments across 18 OECD …

Energy intensity and energy conservation potential in China: a regional comparison perspective

K Dong, R Sun, G Hochman, H Li - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Increasing energy demand and the associated environmental pressures have ignited the
Chinese government's concerns regarding energy conservation. Using provincial-level …

The relationship of energy intensity with economic growth: Evidence for European economies

T Mahmood, E Ahmad - Energy strategy reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
This study analyzes the impact of economic growth on energy intensity in European
countries. Since energy intensity may decrease with economic growth due to technical …

Energy efficiency determinants: An empirical analysis of Spanish innovative firms

MT Costa-Campi, J García-Quevedo, A Segarra - Energy Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper examines the extent to which innovative Spanish firms pursue improvements in
energy efficiency (EE) as an objective of innovation. The increase in energy consumption …