Energy consumption across European Union farms: Efficiency in terms of farming output and utilized agricultural area

Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 543-556

  Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energy; European Union; Farms; Generalized method of moments; Panel data; Times series

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FARMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ENERGY; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS; PANEL DATA; TIMES SERIES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROINDUSTRY; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PANEL DATA;

EID: 84981344936     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.03.017     Document Type: Article

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