China's residential sector has experienced rapid electrification and gasification. However, coal still accounts for a large share of energy use, especially in the north. In this paper, a level dataset is used to estimate the price and income elasticities of aggregate coal demand. We find that future income growth may help to induce switching from coal. [>cmand is becoming more price clastic as incomes grow. Our results provide benchmarks and parameters for policy simulation research. Countcnncasurc to protect the environment is proposed.
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