Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/40931 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Frankfurt School - Working Paper Series No. 151
Publisher: 
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
With the end of China's 11th Five-Year Plan approaching, this paper analyzes sub-national governments' implementation strategies to meet national energy efficiency targets. Previous research focuses on the way governance practices and decision-making structures shape implementation outcomes, yet very little attention has been given to what strategies local leaders actually employ to bridge national priorities with local interests. To illustrate how leaders work politically, this paper highlights specific implementation mechanisms officials use to strengthen formal incentives and create effective informal incentives to fulfill their energy efficiency mandates. The analysis is drawn from fifty-three interviews conducted in June and July 2010 in Shanxi, a major coal-producing and energy-intensive province. Findings suggest that local government leaders conform to the national directives by 'bundling' the energy efficiency policy with policies of more pressing local importance or by 'bundling' with the interests of groups with significant political influence. Ultimately, officials take national policies and then frame them in ways that give them legitimacy at the local level.
Subjects: 
China
local state
policy implementation
energy policy
governance
JEL: 
D73
D78
O18
R58
Q48
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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