Impact of shocks in domestic aggregate demand for natural gas on domestic aggregate energy consumption in China

Abstract

This paper examines the possible asymmetric transmissions from domestic aggregate demand for natural gas to domestic aggregate energy consumption in China using time series data from 1970 to 2016. The nonlinear autoregressive distributed lags (NARDL) model is employed to check the possibility of long-term asymmetric nexus among variables. The empirical findings confirm the existence of symmetric cointegration between the domestic aggregate demand for natural gas and domestic aggregate energy consumption. The results also indicate that positive shocks in domestic aggregate energy consumption lead an increase in domestic aggregate energy consumption in both short-run and long-run. While the NARDL dynamic multiplier graph suggests that the positive component of domestic aggregate demand for natural gas has deep impact on domestic aggregate energy consumption.