The energy rebound effects across China's industrial sectors: An output distance function approach

Applied Energy

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 1165-1175

  Li, Ke ^a   Zhang, Ning ^b,c,d   Liu, Yanchu ^e  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China's industries; Energy rebound effect; Output distance function; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE;

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUSTAINABILITY; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; OUTPUT DISTANCE FUNCTION; REBOUND EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MANUFACTURING; STATE ROLE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 85000542352     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.117     Document Type: Article

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