Uncovering the role of renewable energy innovation in China's low carbon transition: evidence from total-factor carbon productivity

T Su, Y Chen, B Lin - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid growth of Chinese renewable energy innovation has shown great potential to
improve total-factor carbon productivity (TFCP), but it still lacks sufficient literature …

The impact of emissions trading system on corporate energy efficiency: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

S Li, J Liu, D Shi - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effects of market-incentive environmental regulations on
corporate energy efficiency. Using the SO 2 emissions trading system in 2007 in China as a …

Towards low carbon economy: Performance of electricity generation and emission reduction potential in Africa

B Lin, R Sai - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
More than two-thirds of electricity in Africa is generated from fossil fuels which pose a
significant threat to the continent's sustainable growth trajectory. Considering technology …

The long and short-term effects of environmental tax on energy efficiency: Perspective of OECD energy tax and vehicle traffic tax

P He, Y Sun, H Niu, C Long, S Li - Economic Modelling, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the data from 1995 to 2016 in the OECD countries, we use the autoregressive
distribution lag (ARDL) model to empirically study the overall effect of energy taxes, vehicle …

Nonrenewable and renewable energy substitution, and low–carbon energy transition: Evidence from North African countries

SD Agyeman, B Lin - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Extant literature has mainly considered labor, capital, and energy as production input factors
but treated technology as given; however, technology plays a double role in enhancing …

Does industrial structure distortion impact the energy intensity in China?

X Shen, B Lin - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrial structure change can affect aggregate energy intensity through sector transfer
effect. There are still obvious structural distortions in the process of China's industrial …

How does services agglomeration affect the energy efficiency of the service sector? Evidence from China

X Wang, L Xu, Q Ye, S He, Y Liu - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasingly prominent energy and environmental issues in the service sector, it is
essential to improve the service sector energy efficiency, and the impacts of services …

R&D efforts, total factor productivity, and the energy intensity in China

X Shen, B Lin, W Wu - Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper first measures the levels and growths of regional TFP in China using a panel
dataset of China's 30 provinces from 1978–2014. It then estimates the effects of R&D on …

Assessing CO2 emissions in China's commercial sector: Determinants and reduction strategies

A Wang, B Lin - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
The commercial sector is one of the key sectors in China's economic transformation and
carbon emissions control. This paper applies VAR and STIRPAT models to investigate the …

Sustainable transitioning in Africa: a historical evaluation of energy productivity changes and determinants

B Lin, R Sai - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
As a hub of the world's energy challenge, efficient energy use in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)
can improve energy security, environmental sustainability and boost socio-economic …