Estimation of global rebound effect caused by energy efficiency improvement

Energy Economics

Volumn 66, Issue , 2017, Pages 27-34

  Wei, Taoyuan ^a   Liu, Yang ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emissions; Energy consumption; Energy productivity; General equilibrium; Global warming; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; ELASTICITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; REBOUND EFFECT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; LABOR SUPPLY;

EID: 85028017147     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.05.030     Document Type: Article

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