Data associated with ‘Energy rebound as a potential threat to a low-carbon future: Findings from a new exergy-based national-level rebound approach’

The dataset comprises three parts (please also refer to the journal paper for more detailed descriptions including methodology): 1. Values for economic output (Y) and quality-adjusted factors of production (capital K, labour L, energy E) for the UK and US (1980–2010) and China (1981-2010). These serve as inputs to the aggregate constant elasticity of substitution (CES) function, estimated in its KL(E) structure. 2. 1,000 bootstrap resampled values of the unknown CES parameters estimated for the UK, US and China. 3. The national-level rebound calculations using Method 1 - Ratio of Actual to Potential Energy Savings (AES/PES) and Method 2 - Elasticity of Energy Use with Respect to Efficiency (EEE).