The rebound effect for heavy industry: Empirical evidence from China

Energy Policy

Volumn 74, Issue C, 2014, Pages 589-599

  Lin, Boqiang ^a,b   Li, Jianglong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China's heavy industry; Energy efficiency improvement; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; TAXATION;

EFFECTIVE ENERGY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY PRICING; ENERGY SERVICES; HEAVY INDUSTRIES; PRICE RESPONSE; REBOUND EFFECT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; PRICE DETERMINATION; TAX SYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84911914538     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.08.031     Document Type: Article

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