題 目：The price elasticity of coal demand in China is increasing
主講人：廖華 （應用經濟系）
時 間：2014年10月21日（星期二） 中午12:00-13:00
地 點：主樓418會議室
主講人簡介：
廖華，主要從事能源經濟與氣候政策研究，講授能源經濟學等7門課程，負責承擔國家自然基金課題4項。在Energy, Energy for Sustainable Development, Global Environmental Change等期刊合作發表論文40余篇，合作出版中文著作5部、英文著作2部。擔任Journal of Modelling in Management等4份期刊Associate Editor或專刊Guest Editor。2013年獲國家自然基金優秀青年科學基金項目資助、教育部新世紀優秀人才項目資助。曾獲教育部科技進步一等獎、北京市哲學社會科學優秀成果獎一等獎等。
內容簡介：
China’s use of coal is a major contributor to local and global environmental problems. In this paper we estimate the price elasticity of demand for coal in China using a panel of province-level data for the period 1998-2012. Our results indicate that coal demand was insensitive to price in the early years of our panel, but that the price elasticity of coal demand has increased over time. As of 2012 this elasticity was in the range -0.4 to -0.7 when responses over a two-year period are considered. The results imply that price-based approaches are becoming an increasingly relevant policy option for reducing China’s emissions from coal. We estimate that the elimination of coal consumption subsidies in China would reduce coal use and related emissions by around 2%.
