ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Decomposition Analysis of Energy Efficiency
in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region
Wei Li1,2, Huixia Zhang1
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1School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University,
Baoding, Hebei 071003, China
2Philosophy and Social Science Research Base of Hebei Province, North China Electric Power University,
Baoding, Hebei 071003, China
Submission date: 2016-08-10
Acceptance date: 2016-09-22
Online publication date: 2017-01-31
Publication date: 2017-01-31
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2017;26(1):189-203
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This manuscript first gives a separate decomposition analysis on the factors that affect regional energy
efficiency in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, China, during 2005-12 based on the logarithmic mean divisia
index (LMDI) model, and then makes an in-depth investigation on impact factors in the Beijing-Tianjin-
Hebei (BTH) region of China. Energy efficiency is decomposed into carbon productivity, carbon emission
coefficient, energy structure, energy intensity, economic output, and reciprocal effect of per capita energy
consumption. Different impact factors in various areas have diverse influences on energy efficiency due to
the evident regional differences in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. On the whole, the primary positive driver
of energy efficiency is the economic output in the BTH region, followed by carbon productivity, carbon
emission coefficient, and energy structure. However, energy intensity and the reciprocal effect of per capita
energy consumption are the major inhibitory factors. Finally, we emphasize a series of policy implications
to speed up the achievement of China’s 12th Five-Year Plan goal. It also has the vital practical significance
of carrying out energy policy and a low-carbon economic development strategy in the BTH region in the
future.