Estimating the linkage between energy efficiency and productivity

Energy Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 289-296

  Boyd, Gale A ^a   Pang, Joseph X ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Frontier production function; Learning by doing; Productivity

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION; LEARNING BY DOING;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC RATES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; GLASS INDUSTRY; GLASS PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTION COST;

EID: 0034014790     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(00)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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