题 目：The price elasticity of coal demand in China is increasing
主讲人：廖华 （应用经济系）
时 间：2014年10月21日（星期二） 中午12:00-13:00
地 点：主楼418会议室
主讲人简介：
    廖华，主要从事能源经济与气候政策研究，讲授能源经济学等7门课程，负责承担国家自然基金课题4项。在Energy, Energy for Sustainable Development, Global Environmental Change等期刊合作发表论文40余篇，合作出版中文著作5部、英文著作2部。担任Journal of Modelling in Management等4份期刊Associate Editor或专刊Guest Editor。2013年获国家自然基金优秀青年科学基金项目资助、教育部新世纪优秀人才项目资助。曾获教育部科技进步一等奖、北京市哲学社会科学优秀成果奖一等奖等。
内容简介：
    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%.