Total-factor energy efficiency of regions in China

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3206-3217

  Hu, Jin Li ^a   Wang, Shih Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China economy; Data envelopment analysis; Total factor energy efficiency (TFEE)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CURVE FITTING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHINA; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; TOTAL-FACTOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33747196351     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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