Will peer effects exist on renewable energy development across China’s provinces?  

作　　者：Dequn Zhou Chenxi Zhang Siqi Zhao Hao Ding Qunwei Wang 

机构地区：[1]College of Economics and Management,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing 211106,China [2]Research Center for Soft Energy Science,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing 211106,Chin

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Population,Resources and Environment》2025年第1期1-14,共14页中国人口·资源与环境(英文版)

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant No.71834003,72204111];the Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China[Grant No.21&ZD110,22ZDA113].

摘　　要：The Chinese government promises to reach the carbon emission peak by 2030 and achieve the carbon neutrality by 2060.Renewable energy development is important for achieving this target.Local governments’behaviors and attitudes might be influenced by neighbors.Therefore,this study uses simultaneous autoregressive models(SAR)to examine the peer effects on renewable energy development across China’s provinces and explain the imbalanced renewable energy developments across regions in China.The results exemplified:①The peer effects exist in China and the endogenous interaction is the main cause.②The interaction between geographically adjacent provinces have greatest peer effects.③Both competition mechanism and learning mechanism induce the peer effects and the imbalanced development.This research introduces energy-related peer effects at the provincial level to reflect the preferences of governments and reveal the underlying mechanisms involved.It also provides suggestions to policy makers:①Select developed provinces as the frontrunner to promote the renewable energy development in neighboring areas.②Regional renewable energy development policies need to be considered.③Central government should consider adding“green growth indicators”into evaluation system to avoid the asymmetrical incentives policies between economic growth and environmental protection.

关 键 词：Renewable energy development Peer effects Climate change Economic development 

分 类 号：TG1[金属学及工艺—金属学]