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=ASIA6AP2G7AKIH2YYLOB%2F20260323%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260323T061403Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJIMEYCIQCP%2BMn5PUS8jqVtcK2RNRSUVDnXlyEoqhP3DvfFVPOLjAIhAIOCj2QrR8BjHgCTmUUaEvcRjK%2FDrbHzYdH9EtcufBdBKrwFCHYQAhoMOTYzMTM0Mjg5OTQwIgxjcWGld09OwWdXMZIqmQXwqpuTBlHFDHiFUdJIhcwmIvhKOKwnVcjmd1ktajidMJZ%2Fl3SLYEwmhYbfLzf1YNYOmeLlmA8BLxw1Z2fPkaSRBz20NanEbu3T%2F8T5P9PGJ%2BaH8Ofihj02RLBMQVDfXInMRV8c4vNljj%2B1ozu4ucoNlQ9SavPixaoMd37Hik3X26tau60K8hlZusGPLwmTY%2BPvW5sv72Z0hSqhZf%2Bmo42WXB3FB%2FdTbGn9P4skLvQApsJwn18f%2FBeng5oxbLww3MEVgHYiv9tUWJ2WO%2F6%2FnCz5zMtyF1GBg0ct9mLCnXC12iURNs3ArDiy66TNaXUBr4ux83lgKfuKUYkl1PyB24lDVjsKSAHxUh7q8rA8uGovIiDsaF6K42B70Hxk2sVT9XRz%2B%2FDXTH%2BBc%2Bup%2FoAmHag6VXrU%2F2WFAzx90ew3FlCIRYYh1E0Gt0kAqT7tWwAZvqtY6lCjaRXOIuAu75sNU55WrGupSY9G7gY3%2FdGFpH2Ll%2F7%2B2p1EYjCQxv4hDYVi4Mhk7Y1gtSFvHs5YRIEl0kAALXJUs6lOPnj9orvMlLbA1a2yUuFmu7XhQKf8bbKxfgSnXkPMKcZxQZtCMDgk6rCunJB5MZ2kSko2ZWMXMULhxbCMmT7mIF4rS%2F85H%2FYc9a1hMdqy%2F4xqoG%2F1CTVZ5R8blWS5xjJx5XBICnl0q8w5HEMgQJNvQb0KIlKr2Xysnu6eiFdAFCqKnOiPQvUqjdzrEGn7vyR4AVw1m0jR1UrUJl8RRLH8zuPL%2BKTVaWPm9wDXa9Rjd3%2FehY2V4o40VPgC6f7h4IyFB3U2meVG63MSr596a5GuVBI9sFqRzbx6%2BCwRWLjAxFxi0td%2FLozVpDSfi%2FS6KUG5rwQiT4PdYbP3fHkNqF%2BzZL4xjDCviIPOBjqwAWo5rWgOhAfCxRO3Gy28Dp9RDGcyCZfr32mhGE7oigTRlmXJuGxzCGydkN5PNPQ6egTvbZCDKypLy6haIva0tS9hIoGI3%2F9rfEY9sOftalB9H4eitZVtHqHcqdtzlD3FDW4raf6C%2F9FTdwNXkjf0FdHUZdUwngRjdXkzvZVQ2Htn0tPDcW6pAtzzKs7%2FgzL%2FflAD7G44nT4oSHWaq3gEpzk8qqRp%2BDYmt%2FlNQrg7Fbny&X-Amz-Signature=7d439178fdd3aab269cb99047b4e55bb365a0f3b29492d00bc0fbf0496cd6282&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKIH2YYLOB%2F20260323%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260323T061403Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJIMEYCIQCP%2BMn5PUS8jqVtcK2RNRSUVDnXlyEoqhP3DvfFVPOLjAIhAIOCj2QrR8BjHgCTmUUaEvcRjK%2FDrbHzYdH9EtcufBdBKrwFCHYQAhoMOTYzMTM0Mjg5OTQwIgxjcWGld09OwWdXMZIqmQXwqpuTBlHFDHiFUdJIhcwmIvhKOKwnVcjmd1ktajidMJZ%2Fl3SLYEwmhYbfLzf1YNYOmeLlmA8BLxw1Z2fPkaSRBz20NanEbu3T%2F8T5P9PGJ%2BaH8Ofihj02RLBMQVDfXInMRV8c4vNljj%2B1ozu4ucoNlQ9SavPixaoMd37Hik3X26tau60K8hlZusGPLwmTY%2BPvW5sv72Z0hSqhZf%2Bmo42WXB3FB%2FdTbGn9P4skLvQApsJwn18f%2FBeng5oxbLww3MEVgHYiv9tUWJ2WO%2F6%2FnCz5zMtyF1GBg0ct9mLCnXC12iURNs3ArDiy66TNaXUBr4ux83lgKfuKUYkl1PyB24lDVjsKSAHxUh7q8rA8uGovIiDsaF6K42B70Hxk2sVT9XRz%2B%2FDXTH%2BBc%2Bup%2FoAmHag6VXrU%2F2WFAzx90ew3FlCIRYYh1E0Gt0kAqT7tWwAZvqtY6lCjaRXOIuAu75sNU55WrGupSY9G7gY3%2FdGFpH2Ll%2F7%2B2p1EYjCQxv4hDYVi4Mhk7Y1gtSFvHs5YRIEl0kAALXJUs6lOPnj9orvMlLbA1a2yUuFmu7XhQKf8bbKxfgSnXkPMKcZxQZtCMDgk6rCunJB5MZ2kSko2ZWMXMULhxbCMmT7mIF4rS%2F85H%2FYc9a1hMdqy%2F4xqoG%2F1CTVZ5R8blWS5xjJx5XBICnl0q8w5HEMgQJNvQb0KIlKr2Xysnu6eiFdAFCqKnOiPQvUqjdzrEGn7vyR4AVw1m0jR1UrUJl8RRLH8zuPL%2BKTVaWPm9wDXa9Rjd3%2FehY2V4o40VPgC6f7h4IyFB3U2meVG63MSr596a5GuVBI9sFqRzbx6%2BCwRWLjAxFxi0td%2FLozVpDSfi%2FS6KUG5rwQiT4PdYbP3fHkNqF%2BzZL4xjDCviIPOBjqwAWo5rWgOhAfCxRO3Gy28Dp9RDGcyCZfr32mhGE7oigTRlmXJuGxzCGydkN5PNPQ6egTvbZCDKypLy6haIva0tS9hIoGI3%2F9rfEY9sOftalB9H4eitZVtHqHcqdtzlD3FDW4raf6C%2F9FTdwNXkjf0FdHUZdUwngRjdXkzvZVQ2Htn0tPDcW6pAtzzKs7%2FgzL%2FflAD7G44nT4oSHWaq3gEpzk8qqRp%2BDYmt%2FlNQrg7Fbny&X-Amz-Signature=2d36bfb16ede65e65103998a5c423fcdf1833244a934d5fdfc721dd491535985&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKIH2YYLOB%2F20260323%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260323T061403Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJIMEYCIQCP%2BMn5PUS8jqVtcK2RNRSUVDnXlyEoqhP3DvfFVPOLjAIhAIOCj2QrR8BjHgCTmUUaEvcRjK%2FDrbHzYdH9EtcufBdBKrwFCHYQAhoMOTYzMTM0Mjg5OTQwIgxjcWGld09OwWdXMZIqmQXwqpuTBlHFDHiFUdJIhcwmIvhKOKwnVcjmd1ktajidMJZ%2Fl3SLYEwmhYbfLzf1YNYOmeLlmA8BLxw1Z2fPkaSRBz20NanEbu3T%2F8T5P9PGJ%2BaH8Ofihj02RLBMQVDfXInMRV8c4vNljj%2B1ozu4ucoNlQ9SavPixaoMd37Hik3X26tau60K8hlZusGPLwmTY%2BPvW5sv72Z0hSqhZf%2Bmo42WXB3FB%2FdTbGn9P4skLvQApsJwn18f%2FBeng5oxbLww3MEVgHYiv9tUWJ2WO%2F6%2FnCz5zMtyF1GBg0ct9mLCnXC12iURNs3ArDiy66TNaXUBr4ux83lgKfuKUYkl1PyB24lDVjsKSAHxUh7q8rA8uGovIiDsaF6K42B70Hxk2sVT9XRz%2B%2FDXTH%2BBc%2Bup%2FoAmHag6VXrU%2F2WFAzx90ew3FlCIRYYh1E0Gt0kAqT7tWwAZvqtY6lCjaRXOIuAu75sNU55WrGupSY9G7gY3%2FdGFpH2Ll%2F7%2B2p1EYjCQxv4hDYVi4Mhk7Y1gtSFvHs5YRIEl0kAALXJUs6lOPnj9orvMlLbA1a2yUuFmu7XhQKf8bbKxfgSnXkPMKcZxQZtCMDgk6rCunJB5MZ2kSko2ZWMXMULhxbCMmT7mIF4rS%2F85H%2FYc9a1hMdqy%2F4xqoG%2F1CTVZ5R8blWS5xjJx5XBICnl0q8w5HEMgQJNvQb0KIlKr2Xysnu6eiFdAFCqKnOiPQvUqjdzrEGn7vyR4AVw1m0jR1UrUJl8RRLH8zuPL%2BKTVaWPm9wDXa9Rjd3%2FehY2V4o40VPgC6f7h4IyFB3U2meVG63MSr596a5GuVBI9sFqRzbx6%2BCwRWLjAxFxi0td%2FLozVpDSfi%2FS6KUG5rwQiT4PdYbP3fHkNqF%2BzZL4xjDCviIPOBjqwAWo5rWgOhAfCxRO3Gy28Dp9RDGcyCZfr32mhGE7oigTRlmXJuGxzCGydkN5PNPQ6egTvbZCDKypLy6haIva0tS9hIoGI3%2F9rfEY9sOftalB9H4eitZVtHqHcqdtzlD3FDW4raf6C%2F9FTdwNXkjf0FdHUZdUwngRjdXkzvZVQ2Htn0tPDcW6pAtzzKs7%2FgzL%2FflAD7G44nT4oSHWaq3gEpzk8qqRp%2BDYmt%2FlNQrg7Fbny&X-Amz-Signature=78a3b843969e19bbc7ede89e2acec7efba04a2fe6065b4648adae55bbc971339&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKIH2YYLOB%2F20260323%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260323T061403Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJIMEYCIQCP%2BMn5PUS8jqVtcK2RNRSUVDnXlyEoqhP3DvfFVPOLjAIhAIOCj2QrR8BjHgCTmUUaEvcRjK%2FDrbHzYdH9EtcufBdBKrwFCHYQAhoMOTYzMTM0Mjg5OTQwIgxjcWGld09OwWdXMZIqmQXwqpuTBlHFDHiFUdJIhcwmIvhKOKwnVcjmd1ktajidMJZ%2Fl3SLYEwmhYbfLzf1YNYOmeLlmA8BLxw1Z2fPkaSRBz20NanEbu3T%2F8T5P9PGJ%2BaH8Ofihj02RLBMQVDfXInMRV8c4vNljj%2B1ozu4ucoNlQ9SavPixaoMd37Hik3X26tau60K8hlZusGPLwmTY%2BPvW5sv72Z0hSqhZf%2Bmo42WXB3FB%2FdTbGn9P4skLvQApsJwn18f%2FBeng5oxbLww3MEVgHYiv9tUWJ2WO%2F6%2FnCz5zMtyF1GBg0ct9mLCnXC12iURNs3ArDiy66TNaXUBr4ux83lgKfuKUYkl1PyB24lDVjsKSAHxUh7q8rA8uGovIiDsaF6K42B70Hxk2sVT9XRz%2B%2FDXTH%2BBc%2Bup%2FoAmHag6VXrU%2F2WFAzx90ew3FlCIRYYh1E0Gt0kAqT7tWwAZvqtY6lCjaRXOIuAu75sNU55WrGupSY9G7gY3%2FdGFpH2Ll%2F7%2B2p1EYjCQxv4hDYVi4Mhk7Y1gtSFvHs5YRIEl0kAALXJUs6lOPnj9orvMlLbA1a2yUuFmu7XhQKf8bbKxfgSnXkPMKcZxQZtCMDgk6rCunJB5MZ2kSko2ZWMXMULhxbCMmT7mIF4rS%2F85H%2FYc9a1hMdqy%2F4xqoG%2F1CTVZ5R8blWS5xjJx5XBICnl0q8w5HEMgQJNvQb0KIlKr2Xysnu6eiFdAFCqKnOiPQvUqjdzrEGn7vyR4AVw1m0jR1UrUJl8RRLH8zuPL%2BKTVaWPm9wDXa9Rjd3%2FehY2V4o40VPgC6f7h4IyFB3U2meVG63MSr596a5GuVBI9sFqRzbx6%2BCwRWLjAxFxi0td%2FLozVpDSfi%2FS6KUG5rwQiT4PdYbP3fHkNqF%2BzZL4xjDCviIPOBjqwAWo5rWgOhAfCxRO3Gy28Dp9RDGcyCZfr32mhGE7oigTRlmXJuGxzCGydkN5PNPQ6egTvbZCDKypLy6haIva0tS9hIoGI3%2F9rfEY9sOftalB9H4eitZVtHqHcqdtzlD3FDW4raf6C%2F9FTdwNXkjf0FdHUZdUwngRjdXkzvZVQ2Htn0tPDcW6pAtzzKs7%2FgzL%2FflAD7G44nT4oSHWaq3gEpzk8qqRp%2BDYmt%2FlNQrg7Fbny&X-Amz-Signature=d34309ef5537cd7ffa0a23b86afab5b6a014ebd097ebf60d38ee661537c9179f&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKIH2YYLOB%2F20260323%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260323T061403Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJIMEYCIQCP%2BMn5PUS8jqVtcK2RNRSUVDnXlyEoqhP3DvfFVPOLjAIhAIOCj2QrR8BjHgCTmUUaEvcRjK%2FDrbHzYdH9EtcufBdBKrwFCHYQAhoMOTYzMTM0Mjg5OTQwIgxjcWGld09OwWdXMZIqmQXwqpuTBlHFDHiFUdJIhcwmIvhKOKwnVcjmd1ktajidMJZ%2Fl3SLYEwmhYbfLzf1YNYOmeLlmA8BLxw1Z2fPkaSRBz20NanEbu3T%2F8T5P9PGJ%2BaH8Ofihj02RLBMQVDfXInMRV8c4vNljj%2B1ozu4ucoNlQ9SavPixaoMd37Hik3X26tau60K8hlZusGPLwmTY%2BPvW5sv72Z0hSqhZf%2Bmo42WXB3FB%2FdTbGn9P4skLvQApsJwn18f%2FBeng5oxbLww3MEVgHYiv9tUWJ2WO%2F6%2FnCz5zMtyF1GBg0ct9mLCnXC12iURNs3ArDiy66TNaXUBr4ux83lgKfuKUYkl1PyB24lDVjsKSAHxUh7q8rA8uGovIiDsaF6K42B70Hxk2sVT9XRz%2B%2FDXTH%2BBc%2Bup%2FoAmHag6VXrU%2F2WFAzx90ew3FlCIRYYh1E0Gt0kAqT7tWwAZvqtY6lCjaRXOIuAu75sNU55WrGupSY9G7gY3%2FdGFpH2Ll%2F7%2B2p1EYjCQxv4hDYVi4Mhk7Y1gtSFvHs5YRIEl0kAALXJUs6lOPnj9orvMlLbA1a2yUuFmu7XhQKf8bbKxfgSnXkPMKcZxQZtCMDgk6rCunJB5MZ2kSko2ZWMXMULhxbCMmT7mIF4rS%2F85H%2FYc9a1hMdqy%2F4xqoG%2F1CTVZ5R8blWS5xjJx5XBICnl0q8w5HEMgQJNvQb0KIlKr2Xysnu6eiFdAFCqKnOiPQvUqjdzrEGn7vyR4AVw1m0jR1UrUJl8RRLH8zuPL%2BKTVaWPm9wDXa9Rjd3%2FehY2V4o40VPgC6f7h4IyFB3U2meVG63MSr596a5GuVBI9sFqRzbx6%2BCwRWLjAxFxi0td%2FLozVpDSfi%2FS6KUG5rwQiT4PdYbP3fHkNqF%2BzZL4xjDCviIPOBjqwAWo5rWgOhAfCxRO3Gy28Dp9RDGcyCZfr32mhGE7oigTRlmXJuGxzCGydkN5PNPQ6egTvbZCDKypLy6haIva0tS9hIoGI3%2F9rfEY9sOftalB9H4eitZVtHqHcqdtzlD3FDW4raf6C%2F9FTdwNXkjf0FdHUZdUwngRjdXkzvZVQ2Htn0tPDcW6pAtzzKs7%2FgzL%2FflAD7G44nT4oSHWaq3gEpzk8qqRp%2BDYmt%2FlNQrg7Fbny&X-Amz-Signature=93be98f300bddb3d9d8f8c044d3b04309eeb8b609a6838f81f4177bfd69f7572&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=ASIA6AP2G7AKIH2YYLOB%2F20260323%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260323T061403Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDGV1LWNlbnRyYWwtMSJIMEYCIQCP%2BMn5PUS8jqVtcK2RNRSUVDnXlyEoqhP3DvfFVPOLjAIhAIOCj2QrR8BjHgCTmUUaEvcRjK%2FDrbHzYdH9EtcufBdBKrwFCHYQAhoMOTYzMTM0Mjg5OTQwIgxjcWGld09OwWdXMZIqmQXwqpuTBlHFDHiFUdJIhcwmIvhKOKwnVcjmd1ktajidMJZ%2Fl3SLYEwmhYbfLzf1YNYOmeLlmA8BLxw1Z2fPkaSRBz20NanEbu3T%2F8T5P9PGJ%2BaH8Ofihj02RLBMQVDfXInMRV8c4vNljj%2B1ozu4ucoNlQ9SavPixaoMd37Hik3X26tau60K8hlZusGPLwmTY%2BPvW5sv72Z0hSqhZf%2Bmo42WXB3FB%2FdTbGn9P4skLvQApsJwn18f%2FBeng5oxbLww3MEVgHYiv9tUWJ2WO%2F6%2FnCz5zMtyF1GBg0ct9mLCnXC12iURNs3ArDiy66TNaXUBr4ux83lgKfuKUYkl1PyB24lDVjsKSAHxUh7q8rA8uGovIiDsaF6K42B70Hxk2sVT9XRz%2B%2FDXTH%2BBc%2Bup%2FoAmHag6VXrU%2F2WFAzx90ew3FlCIRYYh1E0Gt0kAqT7tWwAZvqtY6lCjaRXOIuAu75sNU55WrGupSY9G7gY3%2FdGFpH2Ll%2F7%2B2p1EYjCQxv4hDYVi4Mhk7Y1gtSFvHs5YRIEl0kAALXJUs6lOPnj9orvMlLbA1a2yUuFmu7XhQKf8bbKxfgSnXkPMKcZxQZtCMDgk6rCunJB5MZ2kSko2ZWMXMULhxbCMmT7mIF4rS%2F85H%2FYc9a1hMdqy%2F4xqoG%2F1CTVZ5R8blWS5xjJx5XBICnl0q8w5HEMgQJNvQb0KIlKr2Xysnu6eiFdAFCqKnOiPQvUqjdzrEGn7vyR4AVw1m0jR1UrUJl8RRLH8zuPL%2BKTVaWPm9wDXa9Rjd3%2FehY2V4o40VPgC6f7h4IyFB3U2meVG63MSr596a5GuVBI9sFqRzbx6%2BCwRWLjAxFxi0td%2FLozVpDSfi%2FS6KUG5rwQiT4PdYbP3fHkNqF%2BzZL4xjDCviIPOBjqwAWo5rWgOhAfCxRO3Gy28Dp9RDGcyCZfr32mhGE7oigTRlmXJuGxzCGydkN5PNPQ6egTvbZCDKypLy6haIva0tS9hIoGI3%2F9rfEY9sOftalB9H4eitZVtHqHcqdtzlD3FDW4raf6C%2F9FTdwNXkjf0FdHUZdUwngRjdXkzvZVQ2Htn0tPDcW6pAtzzKs7%2FgzL%2FflAD7G44nT4oSHWaq3gEpzk8qqRp%2BDYmt%2FlNQrg7Fbny&X-Amz-Signature=d685e397593faf1c1e32ac2a531115e3972ce45832326285d89b5045d37c346b&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) |