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=ASIA6AP2G7AKA5RA4DHX%2F20251210%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251210T111730Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEAgaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDUHJ9g1UYjkQDaOck0uFYvEYElDJ1zr0RMZuDMDvcubQIgHpuTw9iW%2B0kBeHd0Gy%2FHzd97Qvpv5JuMuPFykKfhCDAqxQUI0f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDGVJnLmWOpWIiCu6VCqZBWwdtv3k9gGqrp7O0rI4%2BRZs%2FTNPP4GrrOlA2LfaOu5egUfKaAee%2BFwzm%2FJYRWui%2F4EE8oaU%2FI6ZWUjJqXqOd1SigGNtdadSTzJF0vpNXqNMOTdm07GcvbAmJTwrmDQ3kHGOy56a9q7w%2BbR%2BLCqvvh61LP7bjI95TMYSbKwrhB3mfV0p8LjbmEACYw2rNTdXTqNjUloq0nitYI%2BFS4P72zzStFOimTiRJJPuiXDA%2BoQxyC%2BDyluTZqbcwsj2pPWooaoedXu0QBMnUD2ajtZMYnx%2F%2FvxYsnyrW2QUoNeOSBc2plMs%2F6S1dUdZZaip9kH1ujSL44ZD11NIWuENlT8k5ueZyO%2BSD6w9FttklNpy7tt00RxSlJQ%2FEKiHEL3oy6Tq2OtELrzxPIu9%2FSAZhQukJTBfHHv08yP%2F%2BeQStdx7JkDKjA9zM6Va%2B5mL%2B1256BehuccWZvm740EzjaxkdocIssvMaaWhNpqHSu7tV7cBHhRBSCj9o1CScfbl5vCBhBodCltoUa8HSK6lJUyY9PgyWfNC02NEiincAtFMmdw69ng7yxi4yZTjQ9mImMIITyNtJtOeF7V68culm8wCddB4JNl%2BY%2F4paF%2Bt7dykAMbTTR0L6BoF0rSy8R8dSfYfHyFlOJSjg9pg6IhRgA3Jg%2FNKWgbYIm3ad9ZFQH8IzFClrkqnZpqOLt5R8Eria%2FmzSqDjXIz7Aq8nOCcFb7OitkO7cKeX0G207tBULaKhIAQk7v6paWXtArC6%2FlM%2BUC0kqgrOnQOQ74Nfgc7XzJatc%2Bzyxdh4Zg6EE156x4nQbmD%2BLDq54PpoelJRC6aKaRDjCoek2C7R%2FHrbBxtsoANw1xa%2FFFjhZZ%2FSZM1G5fGvT%2FTYo1gZsDaKeBKnypNzMLfM5MkGOrEBVnCODUmgrPov8E3FF1Td02MDUSMnDGfCgDE6JjLRGbDgkosoIAUH1cOGCuOgY2%2B%2BGpi0BYCBsepeGW7jxUDEu3zsACknaXMozdcEWNzCW%2B1aK%2FQ2rtjGPcGfFwkzlsYONcplaWRUZvXdKVnhTFKgw4tOrIf94h4R5P9z7RKagmBvo9HqQrn1OaOdcf3vZahVHBVzB%2By5U7Xhc8RiRh7lcGzfaPvdYlS57swzIZwcwAfu&X-Amz-Signature=e36946a7fc847935de6b294435a661f004e0bf292d470c4f6fc2e6c6290d7d2b&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKA5RA4DHX%2F20251210%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251210T111730Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEAgaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDUHJ9g1UYjkQDaOck0uFYvEYElDJ1zr0RMZuDMDvcubQIgHpuTw9iW%2B0kBeHd0Gy%2FHzd97Qvpv5JuMuPFykKfhCDAqxQUI0f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDGVJnLmWOpWIiCu6VCqZBWwdtv3k9gGqrp7O0rI4%2BRZs%2FTNPP4GrrOlA2LfaOu5egUfKaAee%2BFwzm%2FJYRWui%2F4EE8oaU%2FI6ZWUjJqXqOd1SigGNtdadSTzJF0vpNXqNMOTdm07GcvbAmJTwrmDQ3kHGOy56a9q7w%2BbR%2BLCqvvh61LP7bjI95TMYSbKwrhB3mfV0p8LjbmEACYw2rNTdXTqNjUloq0nitYI%2BFS4P72zzStFOimTiRJJPuiXDA%2BoQxyC%2BDyluTZqbcwsj2pPWooaoedXu0QBMnUD2ajtZMYnx%2F%2FvxYsnyrW2QUoNeOSBc2plMs%2F6S1dUdZZaip9kH1ujSL44ZD11NIWuENlT8k5ueZyO%2BSD6w9FttklNpy7tt00RxSlJQ%2FEKiHEL3oy6Tq2OtELrzxPIu9%2FSAZhQukJTBfHHv08yP%2F%2BeQStdx7JkDKjA9zM6Va%2B5mL%2B1256BehuccWZvm740EzjaxkdocIssvMaaWhNpqHSu7tV7cBHhRBSCj9o1CScfbl5vCBhBodCltoUa8HSK6lJUyY9PgyWfNC02NEiincAtFMmdw69ng7yxi4yZTjQ9mImMIITyNtJtOeF7V68culm8wCddB4JNl%2BY%2F4paF%2Bt7dykAMbTTR0L6BoF0rSy8R8dSfYfHyFlOJSjg9pg6IhRgA3Jg%2FNKWgbYIm3ad9ZFQH8IzFClrkqnZpqOLt5R8Eria%2FmzSqDjXIz7Aq8nOCcFb7OitkO7cKeX0G207tBULaKhIAQk7v6paWXtArC6%2FlM%2BUC0kqgrOnQOQ74Nfgc7XzJatc%2Bzyxdh4Zg6EE156x4nQbmD%2BLDq54PpoelJRC6aKaRDjCoek2C7R%2FHrbBxtsoANw1xa%2FFFjhZZ%2FSZM1G5fGvT%2FTYo1gZsDaKeBKnypNzMLfM5MkGOrEBVnCODUmgrPov8E3FF1Td02MDUSMnDGfCgDE6JjLRGbDgkosoIAUH1cOGCuOgY2%2B%2BGpi0BYCBsepeGW7jxUDEu3zsACknaXMozdcEWNzCW%2B1aK%2FQ2rtjGPcGfFwkzlsYONcplaWRUZvXdKVnhTFKgw4tOrIf94h4R5P9z7RKagmBvo9HqQrn1OaOdcf3vZahVHBVzB%2By5U7Xhc8RiRh7lcGzfaPvdYlS57swzIZwcwAfu&X-Amz-Signature=6fbb1121f00b8df40b99c64f612487980059b552401e41879b447f00cc0571f6&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKA5RA4DHX%2F20251210%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251210T111730Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEAgaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDUHJ9g1UYjkQDaOck0uFYvEYElDJ1zr0RMZuDMDvcubQIgHpuTw9iW%2B0kBeHd0Gy%2FHzd97Qvpv5JuMuPFykKfhCDAqxQUI0f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDGVJnLmWOpWIiCu6VCqZBWwdtv3k9gGqrp7O0rI4%2BRZs%2FTNPP4GrrOlA2LfaOu5egUfKaAee%2BFwzm%2FJYRWui%2F4EE8oaU%2FI6ZWUjJqXqOd1SigGNtdadSTzJF0vpNXqNMOTdm07GcvbAmJTwrmDQ3kHGOy56a9q7w%2BbR%2BLCqvvh61LP7bjI95TMYSbKwrhB3mfV0p8LjbmEACYw2rNTdXTqNjUloq0nitYI%2BFS4P72zzStFOimTiRJJPuiXDA%2BoQxyC%2BDyluTZqbcwsj2pPWooaoedXu0QBMnUD2ajtZMYnx%2F%2FvxYsnyrW2QUoNeOSBc2plMs%2F6S1dUdZZaip9kH1ujSL44ZD11NIWuENlT8k5ueZyO%2BSD6w9FttklNpy7tt00RxSlJQ%2FEKiHEL3oy6Tq2OtELrzxPIu9%2FSAZhQukJTBfHHv08yP%2F%2BeQStdx7JkDKjA9zM6Va%2B5mL%2B1256BehuccWZvm740EzjaxkdocIssvMaaWhNpqHSu7tV7cBHhRBSCj9o1CScfbl5vCBhBodCltoUa8HSK6lJUyY9PgyWfNC02NEiincAtFMmdw69ng7yxi4yZTjQ9mImMIITyNtJtOeF7V68culm8wCddB4JNl%2BY%2F4paF%2Bt7dykAMbTTR0L6BoF0rSy8R8dSfYfHyFlOJSjg9pg6IhRgA3Jg%2FNKWgbYIm3ad9ZFQH8IzFClrkqnZpqOLt5R8Eria%2FmzSqDjXIz7Aq8nOCcFb7OitkO7cKeX0G207tBULaKhIAQk7v6paWXtArC6%2FlM%2BUC0kqgrOnQOQ74Nfgc7XzJatc%2Bzyxdh4Zg6EE156x4nQbmD%2BLDq54PpoelJRC6aKaRDjCoek2C7R%2FHrbBxtsoANw1xa%2FFFjhZZ%2FSZM1G5fGvT%2FTYo1gZsDaKeBKnypNzMLfM5MkGOrEBVnCODUmgrPov8E3FF1Td02MDUSMnDGfCgDE6JjLRGbDgkosoIAUH1cOGCuOgY2%2B%2BGpi0BYCBsepeGW7jxUDEu3zsACknaXMozdcEWNzCW%2B1aK%2FQ2rtjGPcGfFwkzlsYONcplaWRUZvXdKVnhTFKgw4tOrIf94h4R5P9z7RKagmBvo9HqQrn1OaOdcf3vZahVHBVzB%2By5U7Xhc8RiRh7lcGzfaPvdYlS57swzIZwcwAfu&X-Amz-Signature=cad0eb47809faffc564069ca6ea3fd8a5e97ae2a9be9394d2f64469c31ac790a&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKA5RA4DHX%2F20251210%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251210T111730Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEAgaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDUHJ9g1UYjkQDaOck0uFYvEYElDJ1zr0RMZuDMDvcubQIgHpuTw9iW%2B0kBeHd0Gy%2FHzd97Qvpv5JuMuPFykKfhCDAqxQUI0f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDGVJnLmWOpWIiCu6VCqZBWwdtv3k9gGqrp7O0rI4%2BRZs%2FTNPP4GrrOlA2LfaOu5egUfKaAee%2BFwzm%2FJYRWui%2F4EE8oaU%2FI6ZWUjJqXqOd1SigGNtdadSTzJF0vpNXqNMOTdm07GcvbAmJTwrmDQ3kHGOy56a9q7w%2BbR%2BLCqvvh61LP7bjI95TMYSbKwrhB3mfV0p8LjbmEACYw2rNTdXTqNjUloq0nitYI%2BFS4P72zzStFOimTiRJJPuiXDA%2BoQxyC%2BDyluTZqbcwsj2pPWooaoedXu0QBMnUD2ajtZMYnx%2F%2FvxYsnyrW2QUoNeOSBc2plMs%2F6S1dUdZZaip9kH1ujSL44ZD11NIWuENlT8k5ueZyO%2BSD6w9FttklNpy7tt00RxSlJQ%2FEKiHEL3oy6Tq2OtELrzxPIu9%2FSAZhQukJTBfHHv08yP%2F%2BeQStdx7JkDKjA9zM6Va%2B5mL%2B1256BehuccWZvm740EzjaxkdocIssvMaaWhNpqHSu7tV7cBHhRBSCj9o1CScfbl5vCBhBodCltoUa8HSK6lJUyY9PgyWfNC02NEiincAtFMmdw69ng7yxi4yZTjQ9mImMIITyNtJtOeF7V68culm8wCddB4JNl%2BY%2F4paF%2Bt7dykAMbTTR0L6BoF0rSy8R8dSfYfHyFlOJSjg9pg6IhRgA3Jg%2FNKWgbYIm3ad9ZFQH8IzFClrkqnZpqOLt5R8Eria%2FmzSqDjXIz7Aq8nOCcFb7OitkO7cKeX0G207tBULaKhIAQk7v6paWXtArC6%2FlM%2BUC0kqgrOnQOQ74Nfgc7XzJatc%2Bzyxdh4Zg6EE156x4nQbmD%2BLDq54PpoelJRC6aKaRDjCoek2C7R%2FHrbBxtsoANw1xa%2FFFjhZZ%2FSZM1G5fGvT%2FTYo1gZsDaKeBKnypNzMLfM5MkGOrEBVnCODUmgrPov8E3FF1Td02MDUSMnDGfCgDE6JjLRGbDgkosoIAUH1cOGCuOgY2%2B%2BGpi0BYCBsepeGW7jxUDEu3zsACknaXMozdcEWNzCW%2B1aK%2FQ2rtjGPcGfFwkzlsYONcplaWRUZvXdKVnhTFKgw4tOrIf94h4R5P9z7RKagmBvo9HqQrn1OaOdcf3vZahVHBVzB%2By5U7Xhc8RiRh7lcGzfaPvdYlS57swzIZwcwAfu&X-Amz-Signature=d7d844b5608579d383e31417926d915af2814bc1dcc80c4b89b30c9339420f80&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKA5RA4DHX%2F20251210%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251210T111730Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEAgaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDUHJ9g1UYjkQDaOck0uFYvEYElDJ1zr0RMZuDMDvcubQIgHpuTw9iW%2B0kBeHd0Gy%2FHzd97Qvpv5JuMuPFykKfhCDAqxQUI0f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDGVJnLmWOpWIiCu6VCqZBWwdtv3k9gGqrp7O0rI4%2BRZs%2FTNPP4GrrOlA2LfaOu5egUfKaAee%2BFwzm%2FJYRWui%2F4EE8oaU%2FI6ZWUjJqXqOd1SigGNtdadSTzJF0vpNXqNMOTdm07GcvbAmJTwrmDQ3kHGOy56a9q7w%2BbR%2BLCqvvh61LP7bjI95TMYSbKwrhB3mfV0p8LjbmEACYw2rNTdXTqNjUloq0nitYI%2BFS4P72zzStFOimTiRJJPuiXDA%2BoQxyC%2BDyluTZqbcwsj2pPWooaoedXu0QBMnUD2ajtZMYnx%2F%2FvxYsnyrW2QUoNeOSBc2plMs%2F6S1dUdZZaip9kH1ujSL44ZD11NIWuENlT8k5ueZyO%2BSD6w9FttklNpy7tt00RxSlJQ%2FEKiHEL3oy6Tq2OtELrzxPIu9%2FSAZhQukJTBfHHv08yP%2F%2BeQStdx7JkDKjA9zM6Va%2B5mL%2B1256BehuccWZvm740EzjaxkdocIssvMaaWhNpqHSu7tV7cBHhRBSCj9o1CScfbl5vCBhBodCltoUa8HSK6lJUyY9PgyWfNC02NEiincAtFMmdw69ng7yxi4yZTjQ9mImMIITyNtJtOeF7V68culm8wCddB4JNl%2BY%2F4paF%2Bt7dykAMbTTR0L6BoF0rSy8R8dSfYfHyFlOJSjg9pg6IhRgA3Jg%2FNKWgbYIm3ad9ZFQH8IzFClrkqnZpqOLt5R8Eria%2FmzSqDjXIz7Aq8nOCcFb7OitkO7cKeX0G207tBULaKhIAQk7v6paWXtArC6%2FlM%2BUC0kqgrOnQOQ74Nfgc7XzJatc%2Bzyxdh4Zg6EE156x4nQbmD%2BLDq54PpoelJRC6aKaRDjCoek2C7R%2FHrbBxtsoANw1xa%2FFFjhZZ%2FSZM1G5fGvT%2FTYo1gZsDaKeBKnypNzMLfM5MkGOrEBVnCODUmgrPov8E3FF1Td02MDUSMnDGfCgDE6JjLRGbDgkosoIAUH1cOGCuOgY2%2B%2BGpi0BYCBsepeGW7jxUDEu3zsACknaXMozdcEWNzCW%2B1aK%2FQ2rtjGPcGfFwkzlsYONcplaWRUZvXdKVnhTFKgw4tOrIf94h4R5P9z7RKagmBvo9HqQrn1OaOdcf3vZahVHBVzB%2By5U7Xhc8RiRh7lcGzfaPvdYlS57swzIZwcwAfu&X-Amz-Signature=da42a2a8717bf1f71cb7f878c1141bf38d43379835858cbdccddbe0c99898130&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKA5RA4DHX%2F20251210%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20251210T111730Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEAgaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJHMEUCIQDUHJ9g1UYjkQDaOck0uFYvEYElDJ1zr0RMZuDMDvcubQIgHpuTw9iW%2B0kBeHd0Gy%2FHzd97Qvpv5JuMuPFykKfhCDAqxQUI0f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARACGgw5NjMxMzQyODk5NDAiDGVJnLmWOpWIiCu6VCqZBWwdtv3k9gGqrp7O0rI4%2BRZs%2FTNPP4GrrOlA2LfaOu5egUfKaAee%2BFwzm%2FJYRWui%2F4EE8oaU%2FI6ZWUjJqXqOd1SigGNtdadSTzJF0vpNXqNMOTdm07GcvbAmJTwrmDQ3kHGOy56a9q7w%2BbR%2BLCqvvh61LP7bjI95TMYSbKwrhB3mfV0p8LjbmEACYw2rNTdXTqNjUloq0nitYI%2BFS4P72zzStFOimTiRJJPuiXDA%2BoQxyC%2BDyluTZqbcwsj2pPWooaoedXu0QBMnUD2ajtZMYnx%2F%2FvxYsnyrW2QUoNeOSBc2plMs%2F6S1dUdZZaip9kH1ujSL44ZD11NIWuENlT8k5ueZyO%2BSD6w9FttklNpy7tt00RxSlJQ%2FEKiHEL3oy6Tq2OtELrzxPIu9%2FSAZhQukJTBfHHv08yP%2F%2BeQStdx7JkDKjA9zM6Va%2B5mL%2B1256BehuccWZvm740EzjaxkdocIssvMaaWhNpqHSu7tV7cBHhRBSCj9o1CScfbl5vCBhBodCltoUa8HSK6lJUyY9PgyWfNC02NEiincAtFMmdw69ng7yxi4yZTjQ9mImMIITyNtJtOeF7V68culm8wCddB4JNl%2BY%2F4paF%2Bt7dykAMbTTR0L6BoF0rSy8R8dSfYfHyFlOJSjg9pg6IhRgA3Jg%2FNKWgbYIm3ad9ZFQH8IzFClrkqnZpqOLt5R8Eria%2FmzSqDjXIz7Aq8nOCcFb7OitkO7cKeX0G207tBULaKhIAQk7v6paWXtArC6%2FlM%2BUC0kqgrOnQOQ74Nfgc7XzJatc%2Bzyxdh4Zg6EE156x4nQbmD%2BLDq54PpoelJRC6aKaRDjCoek2C7R%2FHrbBxtsoANw1xa%2FFFjhZZ%2FSZM1G5fGvT%2FTYo1gZsDaKeBKnypNzMLfM5MkGOrEBVnCODUmgrPov8E3FF1Td02MDUSMnDGfCgDE6JjLRGbDgkosoIAUH1cOGCuOgY2%2B%2BGpi0BYCBsepeGW7jxUDEu3zsACknaXMozdcEWNzCW%2B1aK%2FQ2rtjGPcGfFwkzlsYONcplaWRUZvXdKVnhTFKgw4tOrIf94h4R5P9z7RKagmBvo9HqQrn1OaOdcf3vZahVHBVzB%2By5U7Xhc8RiRh7lcGzfaPvdYlS57swzIZwcwAfu&X-Amz-Signature=a46c3c7b2512080c01ee0800afc4309995f4f101f0c7a5f4136c9bb51f6bfba3&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) |