000129944 001__ 129944 000129944 005__ 20240116090136.0 000129944 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104738 000129944 0248_ $$2sideral$$a117238 000129944 037__ $$aART-2020-117238 000129944 041__ $$aeng 000129944 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6271-4370$$aGonzález-Álvarez, María A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000129944 245__ $$aTowards a sustainable energy scenario? A worldwide analysis 000129944 260__ $$c2020 000129944 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000129944 5203_ $$aThis paper studies the worldwide evolution of energy intensity for a large sample of countries during the period 1990–2015, differentiating between non-renewable, non-clean and total energy intensity. This division allows us to establish more precise policy recommendations which, along with the use of the Phillips and Sul (2009) methodology, provides the novelty of the analysis. Our results refute recent evidence favouring the hypothesis of global convergence for all types of energy intensity. Grouping countries either by regions or by income level, the evidence against this hypothesis remains overwhelming, with very few exceptions. Nonetheless, we can observe the presence of several convergence clubs, whose creation strongly depends on energy prices as well as on external energetic dependency. In any event, results relating to the different types of energy intensity are varied, suggesting that previous policy recommendations aimed at tackling climate change based on total energy intensity analyses are questionable. 000129944 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/LMP71-18$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/ECO2015-65967-R 000129944 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000129944 590__ $$a7.042$$b2020 000129944 591__ $$aECONOMICS$$b12 / 375 = 0.032$$c2020$$dQ1$$eT1 000129944 592__ $$a2.5$$b2020 000129944 593__ $$aEnergy (miscellaneous)$$c2020$$dQ1 000129944 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2020$$dQ1 000129944 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000129944 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5872-631X$$aMontañés, Antonio$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000129944 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1438-4581$$aOlmos, Lorena$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000129944 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000129944 773__ $$g87 (2020), 104738 [12 pp.]$$pEnergy econ.$$tENERGY ECONOMICS$$x0140-9883 000129944 8564_ $$s475751$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129944/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000129944 8564_ $$s1328724$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129944/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000129944 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:129944$$particulos$$pdriver 000129944 951__ $$a2024-01-16-08:24:30 000129944 980__ $$aARTICLE