Industry-level total-factor energy efficiency in developed countries: A Japan-centered analysis

Applied Energy

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-78

  Honma, Satoshi ^a   Hu, Jin Li ^b  

^a KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Industry level analysis; Japan; Total factor energy efficiency (TFEE)

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY;

CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY VULNERABILITY; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; INDUSTRY-LEVEL ANALYSIS; INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; JAPAN; TOTAL-FACTOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY (TFEE);

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 84892981906     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.12.049     Document Type: Article

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