Energy is a well identified to be the fundamental factor of production function in economic activity and it is closely associated with economic development. In the recent years, there has been growing concerns about energy due to the environmental problems, climate change and high energy price. In order to maintain sustainable economic development, there is a strong need to reduce greenhouse gas （GHG） and enhance current security of energy supply. Particularly, in Asia energy use has been increa... 

【文章來源】：大連理工大學(xué)遼寧省 211工程院校 985工程院校 教育部直屬院校

【文章頁數(shù)】：145 頁

【學(xué)位級別】：博士

【文章目錄】：
Abstract
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1 Introduction
    1.1 Background
    1.2 Economic and energy scenarios in the Asia region
        1.2.1 Economic scenarios in the Asia region
        1.2.2 Energy scenarios in the Asia region
    1.3 Major work of this study
        1.3.1 Objectives of this study
        1.3.2 Methodology and research framework of this study
        1.3.3 Contributions of this study
    1.4 Structure of the dissertation
2 Review of theoretical model of productivity growth and convergence
    2.1 Theoretical background
        2.1.1 Neo-classical growth theory
        2.1.2 Endogenous growth theory
    2.2 Theoretical framework of convergence concept
        2.2.1 Neo-classical growth model and convergence
        2.2.2 Concept of convergence
        2.2.3 Review of convergence studies
    2.3 Previous studies on energy productivity and convergence
        2.3.1 Previous studies on energy productivity
        2.3.2 Previous studies on energy productivity convergence
        2.3.3 Limitation and comment of previous studies
    2.4 Summary
3 Econometric methods and models of energy productivity analysis
    3.1 Spatial econometric analysis
        3.1.1 Selection of spatial weights matrix
        3.1.2 Spatial econometric models
    3.2 Specifications of spatial panel econometric models
        3.2.1 Spatial lag panel model(SAR)
        3.2.2 Spatial error panel model(SEM)
        3.2.3 Spatial Durbin panel model(SDM)
    3.3 Model specification: convergence analysis
        3.3.1 Sigma(σ)-convergence
        3.3.2 Beta(β)-convergence
    3.4 Selection of sample and data sources
        3.4.1 Selection of sample
        3.4.2 Data sources
    3.5 Summary
4 Spatial analysis of energy productivity and it determinant factors: from Asia countries
    4.1 Calculation of energy productivity
        4.1.1 Variable description
        4.1.2 Energy productivity calculation based on the DEA model
        4.1.3 Evolution of energy productivity across countries
    4.2 Determinant factors and spatial econometric models specification
        4.2.1 Determinant factors affecting the energy produccivity
        4.2.2 Base model specification
        4.2.3 Spatial panel models specification with energy productivity
    4.3 Estimation results and discussion
        4.3.1 Estimation results of the non-spatial panel model
        4.3.2 Estimation results of the spatial panel models
    4.4 Summary
5 Energy productivity convergence across Asian countries: a spatial panel econometric approach
    5.1 Empirical approaches toward energy productivity convergence
        5.1.1 Convergence model specifications with energy productivity
        5.1.2 Energy productivity convergence with spatial panel econometric models
    5.2 Variables description
    5.3 Empirical results and discussion
        5.3.1 Sigma(σ)-convergence analysis
        5.3.2 Beta(β)-convergence analysis
    5.4 Summary
6 Conclusions and policy implications
    6.1 Conclusions
    6.2 Policy implications
    6.3 Limitations of this study
    6.4 Recommendation for further research
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Published Academic papers during Ph.D Period
Acknowledgements
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