Capital-energy substitution: Evidence from a panel of Irish manufacturing firms

Energy Economics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 501-510

  Haller, Stefanie A ^a   Hyland, Marie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Factor demand; Firm level panel data; Substitution between energy and capital

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY;

CROSS-PRICE ELASTICITY; ENERGY PRICES; FACTOR DEMAND; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTION PROCESS; TRANSLOG COST FUNCTIONS;

MANUFACTURE;

DEMAND ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84907849205     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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