The changing trend and influencing factors of energy efficiency: The case of nine countries

Energy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 1026-1034

  Cui, Qiang ^a   Kuang, Hai bo ^a   Wu, Chun you ^b   Li, Ye ^b  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Economic value added method; Energy efficiency; Malmquist index; Panel regression

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MALMQUIST INDICES; PANEL REGRESSION; PURE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCIES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL PROGRESS; TECHNOLOGY INDICES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDEX METHOD; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TREND ANALYSIS; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84891489981     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.11.060     Document Type: Article

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