Figure 1.
![Poland’s and EU’s GDP annual growth rate (%) 2005–2019. Source: Own work based on data from the World Bank [2020].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f9f7215d2f6c89db748c/j_ijme-2023-0015_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6AP2G7AKDJI6IUCI%2F20260131%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260131T141813Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDXsp1mnnJ8b4CEb63e%2BV6Fxr09gLgDyc8XgnnFtOmrxgIgZv2XeSLMEV4DuobpmNA7850GOMdpAc7PjecsPT026WoqxgUItP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDEUhXvz%2BZM4wMkHyrCqaBZJp79GdX7BC3L2C9pL6iJbtQQCoMW9OrvqIibW7Xi%2FF7d3LrbHXWlbeIKsqzS0iCJdCbGHF%2F0LuVtvqdqIGDrLPkGE6JXMSp3ROF2JhyQCBIs%2Fx9LofZdpxu8M3Eip9Zb9qSPE1eHMZGiXjMD4AcUMBZBBxSYoXQ0FHsiT0rWn3PwdQOp0vnGWjq%2Bms4ldOWiZuINwNhecNYZNTMVrnVYBvqAkvnbzZbBtqEXus%2BJRa%2FA2hC3NWX4eWEFgrNuA84HnCf6c60cmbHIMmCJkBCjHSWSZNl9zYlLPZMHFzah%2BGGlXwNsy4w2kBLA0HasoJWSuFNiKbAGbXQ4bqdFK4YB%2Fxc6JroNUIygMGna40cFn7q36ihIplh%2Bcrvs5KU%2BNBeGg4YRez%2BDCG%2BIJlVNh1ghRmyJmRFGSRKXcQ6pVfwS4bLT4PtMHNSmjwFa6Lh%2FjGcqD1RaqgfMbdJmTbXMBpjMwYYV8SnLC4eBUBfhpHkp%2BIPOQfNEkA1saTNgl0kkLL%2BT2ioA0C5v48Dw6UNg82fEm1kb41gY%2BowX%2BVN71ynh7LWa1ImKuVkpy4vL1LRPAuZQniIuaerQZqtdtH7TJ1rpMbfHqgHZg6EdDjEc7r3NIlMsohV4FVFrWtXJLcc%2FzUI1JY54zLIqVHLkD6gsHwVQPWaaBDwLmKVDBj8CuWFanK70HNB0SN0%2FAHD2NwvSLXYnD7NfLn%2FqCyC31J8PeB2Yf2fq8OccccmwExjktpzazbfE03yG3sStjm1sKMBmEIo7zzGInOr1wBOT4nJTTA55Ruhcs2K97tPJJd3osIWHVVsqjj0KWFMwZt0pEyun6CNIxBa7GaQnT%2BK70XJ2ym4HGK14KOnFH9X%2FRbZoND4A7FNj8W4sDkeHglGTD4yPfLBjqxAVdOM7xc7fojGH%2B43sfap09A9t9zdo%2BjmnMQdPLfaOZAKGQSPLYpZv%2FgZj58kf55GuRo%2FG1X%2BfiHeeS1zjbu29eO8fdVH7IUvz%2F4WOJHbJBRhvpVMUgk4NIxnhmXpsDyIPgeGO4JCIaur6hK4rn6vFO8CB7CXbXWrEUldr%2B1ML0rOtnCY9PMSBK9M2rHcx76sj%2BUkXrKrdZ0%2B%2FwRtHXqJCNViTtKEOm5bXqRvCApu4v6zw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Signature=bbc6229795f7b8444c1052e589e9fe8b5b4304c26c06c91ccdbe5ac0326ceafa&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 2.
![Poland’s and EU’s exports of goods and services (% of GDP) 2005–2019. Source: Own work based on data from the World Bank [2020].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f9f7215d2f6c89db748c/j_ijme-2023-0015_fig_002.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6AP2G7AKDJI6IUCI%2F20260131%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260131T141813Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDXsp1mnnJ8b4CEb63e%2BV6Fxr09gLgDyc8XgnnFtOmrxgIgZv2XeSLMEV4DuobpmNA7850GOMdpAc7PjecsPT026WoqxgUItP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDEUhXvz%2BZM4wMkHyrCqaBZJp79GdX7BC3L2C9pL6iJbtQQCoMW9OrvqIibW7Xi%2FF7d3LrbHXWlbeIKsqzS0iCJdCbGHF%2F0LuVtvqdqIGDrLPkGE6JXMSp3ROF2JhyQCBIs%2Fx9LofZdpxu8M3Eip9Zb9qSPE1eHMZGiXjMD4AcUMBZBBxSYoXQ0FHsiT0rWn3PwdQOp0vnGWjq%2Bms4ldOWiZuINwNhecNYZNTMVrnVYBvqAkvnbzZbBtqEXus%2BJRa%2FA2hC3NWX4eWEFgrNuA84HnCf6c60cmbHIMmCJkBCjHSWSZNl9zYlLPZMHFzah%2BGGlXwNsy4w2kBLA0HasoJWSuFNiKbAGbXQ4bqdFK4YB%2Fxc6JroNUIygMGna40cFn7q36ihIplh%2Bcrvs5KU%2BNBeGg4YRez%2BDCG%2BIJlVNh1ghRmyJmRFGSRKXcQ6pVfwS4bLT4PtMHNSmjwFa6Lh%2FjGcqD1RaqgfMbdJmTbXMBpjMwYYV8SnLC4eBUBfhpHkp%2BIPOQfNEkA1saTNgl0kkLL%2BT2ioA0C5v48Dw6UNg82fEm1kb41gY%2BowX%2BVN71ynh7LWa1ImKuVkpy4vL1LRPAuZQniIuaerQZqtdtH7TJ1rpMbfHqgHZg6EdDjEc7r3NIlMsohV4FVFrWtXJLcc%2FzUI1JY54zLIqVHLkD6gsHwVQPWaaBDwLmKVDBj8CuWFanK70HNB0SN0%2FAHD2NwvSLXYnD7NfLn%2FqCyC31J8PeB2Yf2fq8OccccmwExjktpzazbfE03yG3sStjm1sKMBmEIo7zzGInOr1wBOT4nJTTA55Ruhcs2K97tPJJd3osIWHVVsqjj0KWFMwZt0pEyun6CNIxBa7GaQnT%2BK70XJ2ym4HGK14KOnFH9X%2FRbZoND4A7FNj8W4sDkeHglGTD4yPfLBjqxAVdOM7xc7fojGH%2B43sfap09A9t9zdo%2BjmnMQdPLfaOZAKGQSPLYpZv%2FgZj58kf55GuRo%2FG1X%2BfiHeeS1zjbu29eO8fdVH7IUvz%2F4WOJHbJBRhvpVMUgk4NIxnhmXpsDyIPgeGO4JCIaur6hK4rn6vFO8CB7CXbXWrEUldr%2B1ML0rOtnCY9PMSBK9M2rHcx76sj%2BUkXrKrdZ0%2B%2FwRtHXqJCNViTtKEOm5bXqRvCApu4v6zw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Signature=223551eec5f3c959acfd92833837bcd766cea4028a57d0e59e6b8119f06b989b&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 3.
![Poland’s and EU’s total primary energy supply (tons of oil equivalent, millions) 2005–2018. Source: Own work based on data from the OECD [2020].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f9f7215d2f6c89db748c/j_ijme-2023-0015_fig_003.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6AP2G7AKDJI6IUCI%2F20260131%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260131T141813Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDXsp1mnnJ8b4CEb63e%2BV6Fxr09gLgDyc8XgnnFtOmrxgIgZv2XeSLMEV4DuobpmNA7850GOMdpAc7PjecsPT026WoqxgUItP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDEUhXvz%2BZM4wMkHyrCqaBZJp79GdX7BC3L2C9pL6iJbtQQCoMW9OrvqIibW7Xi%2FF7d3LrbHXWlbeIKsqzS0iCJdCbGHF%2F0LuVtvqdqIGDrLPkGE6JXMSp3ROF2JhyQCBIs%2Fx9LofZdpxu8M3Eip9Zb9qSPE1eHMZGiXjMD4AcUMBZBBxSYoXQ0FHsiT0rWn3PwdQOp0vnGWjq%2Bms4ldOWiZuINwNhecNYZNTMVrnVYBvqAkvnbzZbBtqEXus%2BJRa%2FA2hC3NWX4eWEFgrNuA84HnCf6c60cmbHIMmCJkBCjHSWSZNl9zYlLPZMHFzah%2BGGlXwNsy4w2kBLA0HasoJWSuFNiKbAGbXQ4bqdFK4YB%2Fxc6JroNUIygMGna40cFn7q36ihIplh%2Bcrvs5KU%2BNBeGg4YRez%2BDCG%2BIJlVNh1ghRmyJmRFGSRKXcQ6pVfwS4bLT4PtMHNSmjwFa6Lh%2FjGcqD1RaqgfMbdJmTbXMBpjMwYYV8SnLC4eBUBfhpHkp%2BIPOQfNEkA1saTNgl0kkLL%2BT2ioA0C5v48Dw6UNg82fEm1kb41gY%2BowX%2BVN71ynh7LWa1ImKuVkpy4vL1LRPAuZQniIuaerQZqtdtH7TJ1rpMbfHqgHZg6EdDjEc7r3NIlMsohV4FVFrWtXJLcc%2FzUI1JY54zLIqVHLkD6gsHwVQPWaaBDwLmKVDBj8CuWFanK70HNB0SN0%2FAHD2NwvSLXYnD7NfLn%2FqCyC31J8PeB2Yf2fq8OccccmwExjktpzazbfE03yG3sStjm1sKMBmEIo7zzGInOr1wBOT4nJTTA55Ruhcs2K97tPJJd3osIWHVVsqjj0KWFMwZt0pEyun6CNIxBa7GaQnT%2BK70XJ2ym4HGK14KOnFH9X%2FRbZoND4A7FNj8W4sDkeHglGTD4yPfLBjqxAVdOM7xc7fojGH%2B43sfap09A9t9zdo%2BjmnMQdPLfaOZAKGQSPLYpZv%2FgZj58kf55GuRo%2FG1X%2BfiHeeS1zjbu29eO8fdVH7IUvz%2F4WOJHbJBRhvpVMUgk4NIxnhmXpsDyIPgeGO4JCIaur6hK4rn6vFO8CB7CXbXWrEUldr%2B1ML0rOtnCY9PMSBK9M2rHcx76sj%2BUkXrKrdZ0%2B%2FwRtHXqJCNViTtKEOm5bXqRvCApu4v6zw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Signature=62c1394efe3ef6696081060ba632ca3d51cf9a6170d42227776a73e433b886e7&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 4.
![Relative share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption 2005–2018. BG, Bulgaria; CZ, Czechia; ES, Estonia; HU, Hungary; LT, Lithuania; LV, Latvia; MT, Malta; RO, Romania; SK, Slovakia; SL, Slovenia. Source: Own work based on data from the Eurostat [2020c].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f9f7215d2f6c89db748c/j_ijme-2023-0015_fig_004.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6AP2G7AKDJI6IUCI%2F20260131%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260131T141813Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDXsp1mnnJ8b4CEb63e%2BV6Fxr09gLgDyc8XgnnFtOmrxgIgZv2XeSLMEV4DuobpmNA7850GOMdpAc7PjecsPT026WoqxgUItP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDEUhXvz%2BZM4wMkHyrCqaBZJp79GdX7BC3L2C9pL6iJbtQQCoMW9OrvqIibW7Xi%2FF7d3LrbHXWlbeIKsqzS0iCJdCbGHF%2F0LuVtvqdqIGDrLPkGE6JXMSp3ROF2JhyQCBIs%2Fx9LofZdpxu8M3Eip9Zb9qSPE1eHMZGiXjMD4AcUMBZBBxSYoXQ0FHsiT0rWn3PwdQOp0vnGWjq%2Bms4ldOWiZuINwNhecNYZNTMVrnVYBvqAkvnbzZbBtqEXus%2BJRa%2FA2hC3NWX4eWEFgrNuA84HnCf6c60cmbHIMmCJkBCjHSWSZNl9zYlLPZMHFzah%2BGGlXwNsy4w2kBLA0HasoJWSuFNiKbAGbXQ4bqdFK4YB%2Fxc6JroNUIygMGna40cFn7q36ihIplh%2Bcrvs5KU%2BNBeGg4YRez%2BDCG%2BIJlVNh1ghRmyJmRFGSRKXcQ6pVfwS4bLT4PtMHNSmjwFa6Lh%2FjGcqD1RaqgfMbdJmTbXMBpjMwYYV8SnLC4eBUBfhpHkp%2BIPOQfNEkA1saTNgl0kkLL%2BT2ioA0C5v48Dw6UNg82fEm1kb41gY%2BowX%2BVN71ynh7LWa1ImKuVkpy4vL1LRPAuZQniIuaerQZqtdtH7TJ1rpMbfHqgHZg6EdDjEc7r3NIlMsohV4FVFrWtXJLcc%2FzUI1JY54zLIqVHLkD6gsHwVQPWaaBDwLmKVDBj8CuWFanK70HNB0SN0%2FAHD2NwvSLXYnD7NfLn%2FqCyC31J8PeB2Yf2fq8OccccmwExjktpzazbfE03yG3sStjm1sKMBmEIo7zzGInOr1wBOT4nJTTA55Ruhcs2K97tPJJd3osIWHVVsqjj0KWFMwZt0pEyun6CNIxBa7GaQnT%2BK70XJ2ym4HGK14KOnFH9X%2FRbZoND4A7FNj8W4sDkeHglGTD4yPfLBjqxAVdOM7xc7fojGH%2B43sfap09A9t9zdo%2BjmnMQdPLfaOZAKGQSPLYpZv%2FgZj58kf55GuRo%2FG1X%2BfiHeeS1zjbu29eO8fdVH7IUvz%2F4WOJHbJBRhvpVMUgk4NIxnhmXpsDyIPgeGO4JCIaur6hK4rn6vFO8CB7CXbXWrEUldr%2B1ML0rOtnCY9PMSBK9M2rHcx76sj%2BUkXrKrdZ0%2B%2FwRtHXqJCNViTtKEOm5bXqRvCApu4v6zw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Signature=c3f8ed556bd24a6e0628c3563c138c6b4cdfe0607f0b5fd3ba78062fcbf61f8c&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 5.
![Poland’s RCA* 2004–2017.
Source: Own work based on data from the World Bank [2020].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f9f7215d2f6c89db748c/j_ijme-2023-0015_fig_005.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6AP2G7AKDJI6IUCI%2F20260131%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260131T141813Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDXsp1mnnJ8b4CEb63e%2BV6Fxr09gLgDyc8XgnnFtOmrxgIgZv2XeSLMEV4DuobpmNA7850GOMdpAc7PjecsPT026WoqxgUItP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDEUhXvz%2BZM4wMkHyrCqaBZJp79GdX7BC3L2C9pL6iJbtQQCoMW9OrvqIibW7Xi%2FF7d3LrbHXWlbeIKsqzS0iCJdCbGHF%2F0LuVtvqdqIGDrLPkGE6JXMSp3ROF2JhyQCBIs%2Fx9LofZdpxu8M3Eip9Zb9qSPE1eHMZGiXjMD4AcUMBZBBxSYoXQ0FHsiT0rWn3PwdQOp0vnGWjq%2Bms4ldOWiZuINwNhecNYZNTMVrnVYBvqAkvnbzZbBtqEXus%2BJRa%2FA2hC3NWX4eWEFgrNuA84HnCf6c60cmbHIMmCJkBCjHSWSZNl9zYlLPZMHFzah%2BGGlXwNsy4w2kBLA0HasoJWSuFNiKbAGbXQ4bqdFK4YB%2Fxc6JroNUIygMGna40cFn7q36ihIplh%2Bcrvs5KU%2BNBeGg4YRez%2BDCG%2BIJlVNh1ghRmyJmRFGSRKXcQ6pVfwS4bLT4PtMHNSmjwFa6Lh%2FjGcqD1RaqgfMbdJmTbXMBpjMwYYV8SnLC4eBUBfhpHkp%2BIPOQfNEkA1saTNgl0kkLL%2BT2ioA0C5v48Dw6UNg82fEm1kb41gY%2BowX%2BVN71ynh7LWa1ImKuVkpy4vL1LRPAuZQniIuaerQZqtdtH7TJ1rpMbfHqgHZg6EdDjEc7r3NIlMsohV4FVFrWtXJLcc%2FzUI1JY54zLIqVHLkD6gsHwVQPWaaBDwLmKVDBj8CuWFanK70HNB0SN0%2FAHD2NwvSLXYnD7NfLn%2FqCyC31J8PeB2Yf2fq8OccccmwExjktpzazbfE03yG3sStjm1sKMBmEIo7zzGInOr1wBOT4nJTTA55Ruhcs2K97tPJJd3osIWHVVsqjj0KWFMwZt0pEyun6CNIxBa7GaQnT%2BK70XJ2ym4HGK14KOnFH9X%2FRbZoND4A7FNj8W4sDkeHglGTD4yPfLBjqxAVdOM7xc7fojGH%2B43sfap09A9t9zdo%2BjmnMQdPLfaOZAKGQSPLYpZv%2FgZj58kf55GuRo%2FG1X%2BfiHeeS1zjbu29eO8fdVH7IUvz%2F4WOJHbJBRhvpVMUgk4NIxnhmXpsDyIPgeGO4JCIaur6hK4rn6vFO8CB7CXbXWrEUldr%2B1ML0rOtnCY9PMSBK9M2rHcx76sj%2BUkXrKrdZ0%2B%2FwRtHXqJCNViTtKEOm5bXqRvCApu4v6zw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Signature=ba39f1f2d751ea7cbec506a4aa762e2bb7c95a5da5f112a5d488495dcab8604f&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 6.
![Relative RCA* for the analyzed economies. BG, Bulgaria; CZ, Czechia; ES, Estonia; HU, Hungary; LT, Lithuania; LV, Latvia; MT, Malta; RO, Romania; SK, Slovakia; SL, Slovenia.
Source: Own work based on data from the World Bank [2020].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f9f7215d2f6c89db748c/j_ijme-2023-0015_fig_006.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6AP2G7AKDJI6IUCI%2F20260131%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260131T141813Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDXsp1mnnJ8b4CEb63e%2BV6Fxr09gLgDyc8XgnnFtOmrxgIgZv2XeSLMEV4DuobpmNA7850GOMdpAc7PjecsPT026WoqxgUItP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDEUhXvz%2BZM4wMkHyrCqaBZJp79GdX7BC3L2C9pL6iJbtQQCoMW9OrvqIibW7Xi%2FF7d3LrbHXWlbeIKsqzS0iCJdCbGHF%2F0LuVtvqdqIGDrLPkGE6JXMSp3ROF2JhyQCBIs%2Fx9LofZdpxu8M3Eip9Zb9qSPE1eHMZGiXjMD4AcUMBZBBxSYoXQ0FHsiT0rWn3PwdQOp0vnGWjq%2Bms4ldOWiZuINwNhecNYZNTMVrnVYBvqAkvnbzZbBtqEXus%2BJRa%2FA2hC3NWX4eWEFgrNuA84HnCf6c60cmbHIMmCJkBCjHSWSZNl9zYlLPZMHFzah%2BGGlXwNsy4w2kBLA0HasoJWSuFNiKbAGbXQ4bqdFK4YB%2Fxc6JroNUIygMGna40cFn7q36ihIplh%2Bcrvs5KU%2BNBeGg4YRez%2BDCG%2BIJlVNh1ghRmyJmRFGSRKXcQ6pVfwS4bLT4PtMHNSmjwFa6Lh%2FjGcqD1RaqgfMbdJmTbXMBpjMwYYV8SnLC4eBUBfhpHkp%2BIPOQfNEkA1saTNgl0kkLL%2BT2ioA0C5v48Dw6UNg82fEm1kb41gY%2BowX%2BVN71ynh7LWa1ImKuVkpy4vL1LRPAuZQniIuaerQZqtdtH7TJ1rpMbfHqgHZg6EdDjEc7r3NIlMsohV4FVFrWtXJLcc%2FzUI1JY54zLIqVHLkD6gsHwVQPWaaBDwLmKVDBj8CuWFanK70HNB0SN0%2FAHD2NwvSLXYnD7NfLn%2FqCyC31J8PeB2Yf2fq8OccccmwExjktpzazbfE03yG3sStjm1sKMBmEIo7zzGInOr1wBOT4nJTTA55Ruhcs2K97tPJJd3osIWHVVsqjj0KWFMwZt0pEyun6CNIxBa7GaQnT%2BK70XJ2ym4HGK14KOnFH9X%2FRbZoND4A7FNj8W4sDkeHglGTD4yPfLBjqxAVdOM7xc7fojGH%2B43sfap09A9t9zdo%2BjmnMQdPLfaOZAKGQSPLYpZv%2FgZj58kf55GuRo%2FG1X%2BfiHeeS1zjbu29eO8fdVH7IUvz%2F4WOJHbJBRhvpVMUgk4NIxnhmXpsDyIPgeGO4JCIaur6hK4rn6vFO8CB7CXbXWrEUldr%2B1ML0rOtnCY9PMSBK9M2rHcx76sj%2BUkXrKrdZ0%2B%2FwRtHXqJCNViTtKEOm5bXqRvCApu4v6zw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Signature=ee06f150567537c7f7554d7dc305145e4e2d7875458ca02a17681d0bff38f80b&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Results of econometric modeling
| Model 1 (Eq. [3]) | Model 2 (Eq. [4]) | Model 3 (Eq. [5]) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef. | P > t | Coef. | P > t | Coef. | P > t | |
| ln(TPESi) – ln(TPESPL) | –0.220* | 0.058 | –0.213** | 0.023 | –0.170* | 0.078 |
| ln(EIDi) – ln(EIDPL) | –0.013 | 0.743 | - | - | - | - |
| ln(RES) – ln(RESPL) | –0.018** | 0.047 | –0.020** | 0.018 | - | - |
| ln(EIi) – ln(EIPL) | –0.031 | 0.671 | - | - | - | - |
| ln(GHGi) – ln(GHGPL) | 0.021 | 0.684 | - | - | - | - |
| 195.925* | 0.094 | 191.537 | 0.105 | 212.377* | 0.068 | |
| 1.482** | 0.015 | 1.519** | 0.015 | 1.533** | 0.016 | |
| –0.058 | 0.680 | –0.045 | 0.760 | –0.057 | 0.700 | |
| β0 | –0.600 | 0.021 | –0.595 | 0.006 | –0.515 | 0.026 |
| Lagram–Multiplier | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||
| Modified Wald | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
| Jarque–Bera P-value | 0.016 | 0.021 | 0.126 | |||
| Shapiro–Wilk P-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.017 | |||
| Levin–Lin–Chu P-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
| Harris–Tzavalis P-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
| R2 within | 0.263 | 0.259 | 0.235 | |||
| R2 between | 0.235 | 0.239 | 0.277 | |||
| R2 overall | 0.193 | 0.196 | 0.228 | |||
| Prob. > F | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||
Values of VIFs
| Variable | ln(TPESi) – ln(TPESPL) | ln(RESi) – ln(RESPL) | ln(GHGi) – ln(GHGPL) | ln(EIi) – ln(EiPL) | ln(EIDi) – ln(EIDPL) | Mean VIF | |||
| VIF | 10.480 | 5.540 | 3.930 | 3.370 | 2.980 | 2.760 | 2.590 | 2.490 | 4.270 |
Variables description
| Group | Description (source) | Formula |
|---|---|---|
| Dependent variable | Relative RCA* | |
| Heckscher–Ohlin theory | Relative physical capital per worker endowment | |
| Relative human capital endowment | ||
| Ricardian theory | Relative labor productivity | |
| Energy variables | Total primary energy supply [OECD, 2020] | ln (TPESi) – ln (TPESPL) |
| Energy import dependency [Eurostat, 2020b] | ln (EIDi)–ln(EIDPL) | |
| Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption [Eurostat, 2020c] | ln (RESi)–ln(RESPL) | |
| Energy intensity [Eurostat, 2020d] | ln(EIi)–ln(EiPL) | |
| Greenhouse gas emissions [Eurostat, 2020e] | ln (GHGi)–ln (GHGPL) |