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Environmental Externalities, Market Distortions and the Economics of Renewable Energy Technologies

Anthony D. Owen

Year: 2004
Volume: Volume 25
Number: Number 3
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol25-No3-7
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This paper reviews life cycle analyses of alternative energy technologies in terms of both their private and societal costs (that is, inclusive of externalities and net of taxes and subsidies). The economic viability of renewable energy technologies is shown to be heavily dependent upon the removal of market distortions. In other words, the removal of subsidies to fossil fuel-based technologies and the appropriate pricing of these fuels to reflect the environmental damage (local, regional, and global) created by their combustion are essential policy strategies for stimulating the development of renewable energy technologies in the stationary power sector. Policy options designed to internalize these externalities are briefly addressed.



Impact of Energy Market Distortions on the Productivity of Energy Enterprises in China

Weijian Du, Mengjie Li, Ke Li, and Jiang Lin

Year: 2021
Volume: Volume 42
Number: Number 4
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.42.4.wdu
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China aims to enhance its total factor productivity (TFP) to achieve sustainable development. However, the looming energy market reform and its accompanying energy distortions prevent the realization of this ambitious goal. This study first establishes a theoretical model to reveal the inhibitory effects of energy market distortions on the TFP of energy enterprises, and we examine this issue using the micro-data of Chinese energy enterprises. The empirical results indicate that relative distortions among energy enterprises and overall distortions in different regions significantly inhibit the promotion of energy enterprises TFP, but the marginal inhibitory effects are diminishing. Energy market distortions also inhibit enterprises' entry and accelerate enterprises' exit from the energy market. Thus, eliminating inappropriate interventions in micro-energy enterprises, establishing a unified national energy market, and improving the competitive environment of energy companies are of great theoretical and policy importance.





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