Technical and allocative inefficiencies and factor elasticities of substitution: An analysis of energy waste in Iran's manufacturing

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1182-1190

  Khiabani, Nasser ^a   Hasani, Karim ^a  

^a Institute for Management and Planning Studies Tehran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allocative inefficiency; Inappropriate environment; Panel data; Shadow cost function; Technical inefficiency

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE INEFFICIENCY; INAPPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT; PANEL DATA; SHADOW COST FUNCTION; TECHNICAL INEFFICIENCY;

COST FUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; MANUFACTURE;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

DEMAND ELASTICITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURING; MODELING; PANEL DATA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

IRAN;

EID: 77956789029     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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