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Management practices and energy efficiency: Evidence from firms in China

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  • Cao, Jing
  • Yong, Soo Keong

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Do well-managed firms use energy less intensively in developing countries? Using data from the World Management Survey, we investigate whether there is any relation between firms’ management practices and energy efficiency within China. We find that firms that are competently managed use substantially less electricity: a one standard deviation improvement in management practices is associated with a 14.9% reduction in usage intensity. The management ‘premium’ is also significant after accounting for policy effects, with well-managed firms regulated under an energy policy reducing electricity intensity significantly more than the less-well managed firms. However, the general management-energy relationship is not significant for fossil fuels. Management quality is non-monotonically related to different quantiles of energy intensity usage. Overall, there is evidence of management benefits to energy efficiency, but these are mainly restricted to electricity utilization.

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  • Cao, Jing & Yong, Soo Keong, 2024. "Management practices and energy efficiency: Evidence from firms in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 848-870.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcecon:v:52:y:2024:i:4:p:848-870
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2024.08.004
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    Keywords

    Management practices; Energy efficiency; Energy intensity; Policy intervention;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • M20 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - General
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General

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