Artículo
Do Spanish energy efficiency actions trigger JEVON’S paradox?
Autor/es | Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, José Manuel
Román Collado, Rocío Merchán, José |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Análisis Económico y Economía Política |
Fecha de publicación | 2019 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-02-27 |
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Resumen | This paper explores whether the changes in energy intensity in Spain have led to improvements in the energy consumption levels or to a backfire effect offsetting the expected decrease. Jevon's paradox or backfire effect ... This paper explores whether the changes in energy intensity in Spain have led to improvements in the energy consumption levels or to a backfire effect offsetting the expected decrease. Jevon's paradox or backfire effect happens when a rebound higher than 100% causes energy efficiency improvement to raise energy consumption. To test Jevon's paradox or the backfire effect caused by energy efficiency actions, a Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index I (LMDI-I) is used for the Spanish economy. The period under consideration ranges from 2000 to 2015, when three national action plans were implemented. The main methodological novelty of this paper consists on to block the economic activity effect in a second decomposition round to better explore the effect of energy efficiency on energy consumption. As a whole, our results do not support Jevon's paradox for the sectors analyzed. However, they do warn about a possible backfire effect in the industry, transport and service sectors. Major findings follow these same findings when the activity effect is blocked. |
Cita | Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, J.M., Román Collado, R. y Merchán, J. (2019). Do Spanish energy efficiency actions trigger JEVON’S paradox?. Energy, 181, 760-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.05.210. |
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