Energy rebound effect in China’s manufacturing sector: Fresh evidence from firm-level data

The rebound effect refers to the phenomenon that individuals tend consume more energy in face of efficiency improvement, which reduces expected energy-saving effect. Previous empirical studies on regions and sectors do not provide microscopic evidence. To fill this gap, we use China’s firm-level data estimate manufacturing subsectors, providing a detailed picture across different 2001–2008. Results show partial robustly appears all industries, disparity between is quite broad, ranging from 43.2% 96.8%. As for dynamic most subsectors present an upward trend, whereas few clear downward trend. whole, declined trend driven by descent minority with high consumption potential. In addition, find significant than regions.