Factor-Augmenting Technical Change: An Empirical Assessment

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-26

  Carraro, Carlo ^a   de Cian, Enrica ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endogenous technical change; Integrated assessment models; Panel regression

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MACHINERY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CAPITAL PRODUCTIVITY; ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITIES; PANEL REGRESSION; TECHNICAL CHANGE; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CAPITAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; SUBSTITUTION; TECHNICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84871934965     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-012-9319-1     Document Type: Article

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