Measuring the Direct Rebound Effect of China's Residential Electricity Consumption

Due to the rebound effect, the electricity savings by improving the electricity efficiency of China's households may be not as much as expected. For this reason, based on the data from 29 provinces during 2000-2013, this work develops the panel threshold model to investigate the direct rebound effect of China's residential electricity consumption under different scenarios. The results show that the direct rebound effect of China's residential electricity consumption is 71.53% on average, and the increase in GDP per capita and the decrease in cooling degree days and rainfall will help to reduce the direct rebound effect.