Institutional Capacity and the Electricity-System Effects of Digitalisation: Global Evidence on Demand, Carbon Intensity, and Renewable Transition

This dataset contains the replication materials for the study titled “Institutional Capacity and the Electricity-System Effects of Digitalisation: Evidence from a Global Panel.” The data support an empirical analysis of how digitalisation affects electricity demand, carbon intensity of electricity generation, and renewable electricity share, and whether these effects are moderated by institutional capacity. The replication package includes the cleaned panel dataset, baseline estimation dataset, and Stata do-file used for data preparation and econometric analysis. The study uses an unbalanced country-year panel covering 182 countries over the period 1998–2023. Key variables include electricity demand per capita, carbon intensity of electricity generation, renewable share of electricity generation, digitalisation indicators, institutional capacity measures, GDP per capita, urbanisation, and industry value added. Digitalisation is measured using a composite index based on internet use, fixed broadband subscriptions, and mobile cellular subscriptions. Institutional capacity is proxied by governance-based indicators, with baseline emphasis on government effectiveness and regulatory quality.本数据集包含题为《制度能力与数字化的电力系统效应：基于全球面板数据的实证证据》的研究复现材料，可支撑针对如下问题的实证分析：数字化如何影响电力需求、发电碳排放强度与可再生电力占比，且上述效应是否会受到制度能力的调节。 本复现包包含经清洗处理的面板数据集（panel dataset）、基准估计数据集，以及用于数据准备与计量经济学分析的Stata do文件（do-file）。本研究采用1998—2023年间覆盖182个国家的非平衡国家-年度面板数据（country-year panel），核心变量包括人均电力需求、发电碳排放强度、发电可再生能源占比、数字化指标、制度能力测度指标、人均GDP、城市化水平以及工业增加值。 数字化采用基于互联网使用、固定宽带订阅量与移动蜂窝订阅量的综合指数进行测度。制度能力以基于治理的指标作为代理变量，基准分析重点关注政府效能（Government effectiveness）与监管质量（Regulatory quality）。