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Although information and communication technologies (ICT) consume energy themselves, they are considered to have the potential to reduce overall energy intensity within economic sectors. While previous empirical evidence is based on aggregated data, this is the first large-scale empirical study...
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Increasing energy efficiency is one of the main goals in current German energy and climate policies. We study the determinants of energy efficiency in the German manufacturing sector based on official firm-level production census data. By means of a stochastic frontier analysis, we estimate the...
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Increasing energy efficiency is one of the main goals in current German energy and climate policies. We study the determinants of energy efficiency in the German manufacturing sector based on official firm-level production census data. By means of a stochastic frontier analysis, we estimate the...
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The transition from traditional labor intensive to modern capital intensive production is a key factor for industrial …
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We argue that expectations about future energy use affect the transition from fossil fuels to renewable substitutes …-saving technology. As a result, two dynamic equilibria may arise, one with a transition to the substitute and with low resource … in the decentralized market equilibrium. If multiple equilibria exist, the transition to the substitute generates higher …
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We argue that expectations about future energy use affect the transition from fossil fuels to renewable substitutes …-saving technology. As a result, two dynamic equilibria may arise, one with a transition to the substitute and with low resource … in the decentralized market equilibrium. If multiple equilibria exist, the transition to the substitute generates higher …
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This paper reviews the literature on China's energy economy, focusing particularly on: i) the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth; ii) China's changing energy intensity; iii) energy demand and energy-non-energy substitution; iv) the emergence of energy markets in China;...
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Many are interested in China's energy situation, however, numerous energy related issues in China still remain unanswered. For example, what are the potential forces driving energy demand and supply? Previous reviews focused only on fossil fuel based energy and ignored other important elements...
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