on energy demand for China has tackled the issue of modelling coal demand in China at provincial level. The aim of this …In recent years, concerns regarding the environmental implications of the rising coal demand have induced considerable … paper is to fill this gap. In particular, we model and forecast the Chinese demand for coal using time series data …

the price elasticity of demand for coal in China using a panel of province-level data for the period 1998–2012. We find …China's dependence on coal is a major contributor to local and global environmental problems. In this paper we estimate … evidence that provincial coal demand has become increasingly price elastic. As of 2012 we estimate that this elasticity was in …