Productivity growth and biased technological change in hydroelectric dams

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 853-858

  Briec, Walter ^a   Peypoch, Nicolas ^a   Ratsimbanierana, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Hydroelectric energy; Luenberger productivity indicator; Parallel neutrality; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SECTOR; GENERATING PLANTS; GLOBAL SHIFT; HYDROELECTRIC DAMS; HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY; LUENBERGER PRODUCTIVITY INDICATOR; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; PARALLEL NEUTRALITY; PORTUGAL; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAM; ENERGY POLICY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; PRODUCTIVITY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 80052160201     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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