Total-factor energy productivity growth of regions in Japan

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3941-3950

  Honma, Satoshi ^a   Hu, Jin Li ^b  

^a KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Malmquist productivity index (MPI); Total factor energy productivity change index (TFEPI)

Indexed keywords

CATCHING-UP; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; ENERGY USE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL USE; MALMQUIST INDICES; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX (MPI); NEW INDICES; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; RELATIVE ENERGIES; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TOTAL-FACTOR ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE INDEX (TFEPI);

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INNOVATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTIVITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 69949156438     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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