Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options

China's remarkable economic progress over the past three decades has been complemented by massive energy consumption. Although coal has long been the primary energy source, the rise in crude oil use has been viewed as more contentious, because a large portion of crude oil is imported, whereas t...

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Main Authors: Li, S., Khan, S.U., Yao, Y., Chen, G.S., Zhang, L., Salim, Ruhul, Huo, J.
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90061
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author Li, S.
Khan, S.U.
Yao, Y.
Chen, G.S.
Zhang, L.
Salim, Ruhul
Huo, J.
author_facet Li, S.
Khan, S.U.
Yao, Y.
Chen, G.S.
Zhang, L.
Salim, Ruhul
Huo, J.
author_sort Li, S.
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description China's remarkable economic progress over the past three decades has been complemented by massive energy consumption. Although coal has long been the primary energy source, the rise in crude oil use has been viewed as more contentious, because a large portion of crude oil is imported, whereas the economy is mostly self-sufficient in coal. We examine the role of R&D effort and self-sufficiency on China's oil import function from 1980 to 2020. Using the autoregressive distributed lag model, we find that the R&D effort raises oil imports in the long run. However, we find oil imports to be independent from self-sufficiency in the long run. We also find that China's accession to the World Trade Organization has significantly changed the cointegrating relationship in the oil import function. Our results suggest that the government should continue to incentivize energy-saving measures and fund research projects on renewable energy sources. Furthermore, deregulation in the oil market is quintessential to energy security and stable growth in the long run.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-900612023-02-08T07:57:29Z Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options Li, S. Khan, S.U. Yao, Y. Chen, G.S. Zhang, L. Salim, Ruhul Huo, J. Social Sciences Science & Technology Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Economics Energy & Fuels Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies Business & Economics Environmental Sciences & Ecology Crude oil Demand function Energy consumption New energy pricing system ARDL China ENERGY-CONSUMPTION ECONOMIC-GROWTH IMPORT DEMAND ECONOMETRIC-ANALYSIS BOUNDS TEST COINTEGRATION PRICES MATTER DETERMINANTS ELASTICITIES China's remarkable economic progress over the past three decades has been complemented by massive energy consumption. Although coal has long been the primary energy source, the rise in crude oil use has been viewed as more contentious, because a large portion of crude oil is imported, whereas the economy is mostly self-sufficient in coal. We examine the role of R&D effort and self-sufficiency on China's oil import function from 1980 to 2020. Using the autoregressive distributed lag model, we find that the R&D effort raises oil imports in the long run. However, we find oil imports to be independent from self-sufficiency in the long run. We also find that China's accession to the World Trade Organization has significantly changed the cointegrating relationship in the oil import function. Our results suggest that the government should continue to incentivize energy-saving measures and fund research projects on renewable energy sources. Furthermore, deregulation in the oil market is quintessential to energy security and stable growth in the long run. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90061 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113244 English ELSEVIER SCI LTD restricted
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Science & Technology
Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Economics
Energy & Fuels
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Studies
Business & Economics
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Crude oil
Demand function
Energy consumption
New energy pricing system
ARDL
China
ENERGY-CONSUMPTION
ECONOMIC-GROWTH
IMPORT DEMAND
ECONOMETRIC-ANALYSIS
BOUNDS TEST
COINTEGRATION
PRICES
MATTER
DETERMINANTS
ELASTICITIES
Li, S.
Khan, S.U.
Yao, Y.
Chen, G.S.
Zhang, L.
Salim, Ruhul
Huo, J.
Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options
title Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options
title_full Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options
title_fullStr Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options
title_full_unstemmed Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options
title_short Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options
title_sort estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of china: some new evidence and policy options
topic Social Sciences
Science & Technology
Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Economics
Energy & Fuels
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Studies
Business & Economics
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Crude oil
Demand function
Energy consumption
New energy pricing system
ARDL
China
ENERGY-CONSUMPTION
ECONOMIC-GROWTH
IMPORT DEMAND
ECONOMETRIC-ANALYSIS
BOUNDS TEST
COINTEGRATION
PRICES
MATTER
DETERMINANTS
ELASTICITIES
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90061