Energy metrics for driving competitiveness of countries: Energy weakness magnitude, GDP per barrel and barrels per capita

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1330-1339

  Coccia, Mario ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy metrics; Energy productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC RESOURCES; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; ENERGY INDICATOR; ENERGY METRICS; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; PER CAPITA; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COMPETITIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 76449096689     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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