Energy productivity improvements and the rebound effect: An overview of the state of knowledge

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 6354-6363

  Dimitropoulos, John ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy productivity; Macro economic rebound effect

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; MACRO-ECONOMIC REBOUND EFFECT;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 35748978825     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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