Estimating the changes in the distribution of energy efficiency in the U.S. automobile assembly industry

Energy Economics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-87

  Boyd, Gale A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Manufacturing; Microdata; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLIES; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; ERROR DISTRIBUTIONS; FRONTIER ANALYSIS; FRONTIER ESTIMATION; MICRODATA; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS; MANUFACTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ESTIMATION;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891108043     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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