Technical efficiency of economic systems of EU-15 countries based on energy consumption

Energy Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 426-434

  Bampatsou, Christina ^a   Papadopoulos, Savas ^a   Zervas, Efthimios ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

DEA method; Energy consumption; Technical Efficiency

Indexed keywords

DEA METHOD; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENERGY MIX; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; NON-FOSSIL FUELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL ENERGY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOSSIL FUEL; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NUCLEAR POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84873145877     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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