Analysis of the Impacts of Economic Growth Targets and Marketization on Energy Efficiency: Evidence from China

OEnergy efficiency is a vital factor to promote sustainable development. In this paper, the directional distance function–global Malmquist–Luenberger model (DDF-GML) applied measure energy levels of 30 provinces in China from 2000 2017. Simultaneously, impacts economic growth targets and marketization on are empirically tested using generalized system moment estimation (SYS-GMM) mediation effect model. The statistical results reveal that rise every year as whole. Mediated by marketization, inhibit distorting marketization. Moreover, there significant regional heterogeneity efficiency. inhibition eastern region greater than central western regions. above empirical determined be robust through testing.