Clean energy use and total-factor efficiencies: An international comparison

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 1158-1171

  Pang, Rui Zhi ^a   Deng, Zhong Qi ^b   Hu, Jin Li ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Renmin University of China   (China)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clean energy; Directional distance function; Environmental pressure; Total factor efficiencies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

CLEAN ENERGY; CLEAN ENERGY CONSUMPTION; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ECONOMIC OUTPUT; ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EMISSION REDUCTIONS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PAPER ANALYSIS; TOTAL-FACTOR EFFICIENCY;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84939824831     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.08.002     Document Type: Review

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