Abstract Based on non-competitive input-output tables of China and Japan, this paper evaluates the energy embodied in Sino-Japanese trade during 1995-2012. Furthermore, by employing the weighted average method of structural decomposition analysis (SDA) model, this paper analyzes the driving forces of embodied energy in Sino-Japanese trade. The measurement result indicates that the embodied energy in China’s export to Japan and embodied energy in China’s import from Japan have been rising since 1995 on the whole, but China is still a net exporter of embodied energy. With SDA analysis, this paper also finds that both the expansion of export scale and the intermediate input structure have promoted the increase of energy embodied in export, in which the expansion of export scale is the major factor. In addition, the decline of direct energy intensity and the structure optimization of export have inhibited the increase of embodied energy. However, it cannot be offset the increase of embodied energy driven by scale effect.
HUANG Wei-Ru,ZHANG Xian,CHA Dong-Lan. The Calculation and Decomposition of Embodied Energy in Sino-Japanese Trade ——An Analysis Based on Non-competitive Input-output Tables. Economic Survey, 2016, 33(5): 048.
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