OECD energy intensity: Measures, trends, and convergence

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 583-597

  Liddle, Brantley ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convergence; Energy intensity; Energy quality index; Intra distribution dynamics; OECD countries

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; DEGREE OF CONVERGENCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENERGY QUALITY; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; OECD COUNTRIES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; OECD;

EID: 84867879867     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-012-9148-8     Document Type: Article

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