TY - JOUR
T1 - Global energy use: Decoupling or convergence?
AU - Csereklyei, Zsuzsanna
AU - Stern, David
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We examine the key factors driving change in energy use globally over the past four decades. We test for both strong decoupling where economic growth has less effect on energy use as income increases, and weak decoupling where energy use declines overtime in richer countries, ceteris paribus. Our econometric approach
is robust to the presence of unit roots, unobserved time effects, and spatial effects. Our key findings are that the growth of per capita energy use has been primarily driven by economic growth, convergence in energy intensity, and weak decoupling. There is no sign of strong decoupling.
AB - We examine the key factors driving change in energy use globally over the past four decades. We test for both strong decoupling where economic growth has less effect on energy use as income increases, and weak decoupling where energy use declines overtime in richer countries, ceteris paribus. Our econometric approach
is robust to the presence of unit roots, unobserved time effects, and spatial effects. Our key findings are that the growth of per capita energy use has been primarily driven by economic growth, convergence in energy intensity, and weak decoupling. There is no sign of strong decoupling.
U2 - 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.08.029
DO - 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.08.029
M3 - Article
SN - 0140-9883
VL - 51
SP - 633
EP - 641
JO - Energy Economics
JF - Energy Economics
ER -