Energy efficiency development in German and Colombian non-energy-intensive sectors: A non-parametric analysis

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-131

  Martínez, Clara Inés Pardo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b and Energy   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombian non energy intensive sectors; Data Envelopment Analysis; Energy efficiency; German non energy intensive sectors

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST MINIMISATION; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITIES; NON-ENERGY; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

COLOMBIA; GERMANY;

EID: 78651341516     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-010-9078-2     Document Type: Article

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