A comparative analysis on energy-saving and emissions-reduction performance of three urban agglomerations in China

摘要: Abstract China's most important three urban agglomerations, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH), Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Pearl (PRD), are expected to play a leading role in energy saving emissions reduction China. Based on biennial Malmquist productivity index non-radial direct distance function, this study improved data envelopment analysis (DEA) model evaluate energy-saving emissions-reduction performance (EEP) of these agglomerations. The empirical results indicated that BTH did not show improvement performance, whereas YRD PRD showed significant improvement. annual growth rate was higher than other two “catch-up effect” agglomerations vanished after 2010, possible reasons for change large-scale economic stimulus plan adopted by government address global crisis recent decline growth. technical progress level increased at first, then decline, again. This also found β convergence existed YRD. However, there no PRD.