Technology gap and China's regional energy efficiency: A parametric metafrontier approach

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 529-536

  Lin, Boqiang ^a,b   Du, Kerui ^b  

^a MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distance function; Energy efficiency; Parametric metafrontier analysis; Technology gap

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; METAFRONTIER; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY GAP;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

TECHNOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REGIONAL PATTERN; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

CHINA;

EID: 84884314970     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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