This text review the current studies marginal abatement cost curves (MACC) of greenhouse gases (GHG) for the Brazilian economy, in particular for the industrial sector. Studies on technology-based curves has drawn attention of researchers since they have shown a significant amount of...

Korea imports all of its primary energy, which leads to high dependency and vulnerability related to its energy supply. Efficiency in the use of energy is a way to reduce dependency and emissions. This study provides empirical results of the stochastic production process in energy use. Special...

This study aims to estimate electricity demand functions in Japan's industrial and commercial sectors. We adopt data from the Energy Consumption Statistics by Prefecture by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, to delineate the demand between the industrial and commercial sector....

In recent years, several economists have argued that the sharp loss of competitiveness of the Brazilian industry was caused by a strong exchange rate appreciation. However, other economists have attributed this loss of competitiveness to the dismal growth of labor productivity in the Brazilian...

This study conducts a comparative analysis of the effect of exchange rate shock on the industrial and agricultural sector in the regulated regime and the guided deregulated regime in Nigeria. The study employs a Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) to estimate the shock with the aid of SVAR...

This article investigated the service sector linkages with agriculture and industrial sectors with the purpose of ascertaining if forward and backward causal-chain exists, and the direction of causation among these sectors. The study was prompted by obvious evidence that sectoral contributions...

This study discusses the use of digital technology platforms (DTPs) in the context of cyber-security in the industrial sector, with a focus on digital industry (industrial) platforms (DIPs). A definition of DTPs is presented, including the author's interpretation, as well as the scope of DTP...

To explore effective schemes of reducing carbon emission at the city level, this study evaluate the decoupling situation and the driving forces of industrial carbon emission in a coastal city of Zhuhai, China. Macro and micro analyses of evolutions of energy consumption, carbon emission, and...

This paper investigates the relationships between environmental technology and competitiveness focusing on 224 industrial corporations. To date, there is still a debate regarding the benefits of being green. Previous literature has investigated this relationship mostly in developed countries....

Despite the importance of the financial system and quality of institutions to the attainment of economic development goals, the mediating role of institutions in how finance influences the development of the industrial sector across countries has not been given adequate attention in the...