Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Miaomiao Tao Author-Name: Lim Thye Goh Author-Email: taomiaomiao12311@outlook.com Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaysia, Malaysia Title: The Road to Improve Energy Efficiency vs. the Role of Corruption - A Dynamic Quantile Exploration Abstract: We provide fresh evidence on the effect of corruption on energy efficiency and its regional heterogeneity in China by using a dynamic quantile panel regression model. We find that: (1) there are large differences in energy efficiency across Chinese provinces; (2) corruption significantly dampens energy efficiency at the national level, while the effect is heterogeneous at the regional level. Classification-JEL: Q50 ,D73 ,C32 Keywords: Energy efficiency, Corruption, Dynamic quantile panel regression model, China Journal: Asian Economics Letters Pages: 1-5 Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 2023/03/09 File-URL: https://a-e-l.scholasticahq.com/api/v1/articles/53112-the-road-to-improve-energy-efficiency-vs-the-role-of-corruption-a-dynamic-quantile-exploration.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ayb:jrnael:83