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ID180188
Title ProperEvaluation of energy resilience and adaptation policies
Other Title Informationan energy efficiency analysis
LanguageENG
AuthorGatto, Andrea ;  Aldieri, Luigi ;  Vinci, Concetto Paolo
Summary / Abstract (Note)In modern developed economies, one of the primary objectives is to manage the transition from polluting to cleaner technologies as efficiently as possible. By now, in the current empirical literature, one can identify technological spillovers from environmental innovations as a major driver of this process. Specific energy policy aspects connected with industry behaviour have yet to be explored. The aim of this paper is to investigate energy efficiency via environmental innovation and the resulting degree of resilience and adaptation of both developed and developing countries. The work applies the non-parametric DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) framework and Tobit analysis. For this scope, it is built a panel dataset made of some 5000 observations based on energy policy and sustainable development variables for 136 OECD and non-OECD countries. The results show that knowledge spillovers from environmental innovations reduce inefficiency and therefore strengthen the resilience of economies that decide and manage to invest adequately in the transition to more sustainable technologies. Besides, OECD countries improve their energy efficiency scores over time, whilst non-OECD countries do not. This implies that sustainable technologies transition is made more efficient by environmental innovation but the process is fostered by disposing of a resilient economic system – hence, vulnerability can affect the transition. These hypotheses lead to important economic, social and environmental implications for energy policy modelling.
`In' analytical NoteEnergy Policy Vol. 157; Oct 2021: p.112505
Journal SourceEnergy Policy 2021-10 157
Key WordsEnergy Efficiency ;  Data Envelopment Analysis ;  Panel Data Econometrics