Delving into Liberia's energy economy: Technical change, inter-factor and inter-fuel substitution

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-130

  Wesseh, Presley K ^a   Lin, Boqiang ^a,b   Appiah, Michael Owusu ^a,c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Inter factor substitution; Inter fuel substitution; Liberia

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY INTENSITY; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENERGY; ENERGY ECONOMY; ENERGY MIX; FACTOR SUBSTITUTIONS; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY; INTER-FACTOR SUBSTITUTION; INTER-FUEL SUBSTITUTION; LIBERIUM; TECHNICAL CHANGE;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84876249378     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.03.061     Document Type: Review

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