Structural change and convergence of energy intensity across OECD countries, 1970-2005

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1910-1921

  Mulder, Peter ^a   de Groot, Henri L F ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c NEI The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convergence; Decomposition; Energy intensity; Sectoral analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHING-UP; CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY INTENSITY; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; NATIONAL ACCOUNTS; OECD COUNTRIES; RATES OF CONVERGENCE; SECTORAL ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTORS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

DECOMPOSITION; DIGITAL STORAGE; MANUFACTURE;

AGGREGATES;

CONVERGENCE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; MANUFACTURING; OECD; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EID: 84867678142     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.07.023     Document Type: Article

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