US residential energy demand and energy efficiency: A stochastic demand frontier approach

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1484-1491

  Filippini, Massimo ^a,b   Hunt, Lester C ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency and frontier analysis; State energy efficiency; US residential energy demand

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DEMAND MODELS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY INTENSITY; FRONTIER ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY DEMAND; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS; US ENERGY POLICY; WASTE ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; PANEL DATA; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; STOCHASTICITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864065352     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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