In March 2011, China’s central government set a new challenging target of reducing its energy intensity by 16% during 2011–2015, after it had achieved a reduction of 19.1% during 2006–2010. And this new target was assigned to provincial authorities in August 2011. However, China’s...

Fuel economy standards have been implemented worldwide to improve the fuel efficiency of vehicles for decades, while the attribute-based design provides regulatory loopholes for automakers’ compliance. Based on detailed vehicle model-level data in China, a bunching analysis is used to explore...

This paper investigates the residents’ direct and indirect energy consumption behaviors in Beijing, as well as the impact of age, educational background and income level on the behaviors. The results show that, first, there are a high proportion of residents who may support the policies and...