How has dematerialization contributed to reducing oil price pressure?: A qualitative Lnput#output analysis for the Japanese economy during 1990#2000

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-252

  Kagawa, Shigemi ^a   Oshita, Yuko ^a   Nansai, Keisuke ^b   Suh, Sangwon ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR PHONES; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; COMMODITY PRICES; CRUDE OIL; CRUDE OIL PRICES; DEMATERIALIZATION; ENERGY SAVINGS; HOT ROLLED STEELS; IN DEGREES; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS; IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING FACILITIES; OIL PRICES; OUTDEGREE; OUTPUT ANALYSIS; POLICY MEASURES; PRODUCTION NETWORKS; RELATED PRODUCTS; WEIGHT REDUCTIONS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COSTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; IRON; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; STEEL;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

DYE; FERTILIZER; GASOLINE; IRON; PETROLEUM; PLASTIC;

COMMODITY; CRUDE OIL; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OIL INDUSTRY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; PETROLEUM;

EID: 62749122261     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800859d     Document Type: Article

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