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Technology invention and diffusion in residential energy consumption : a stochastic frontier approach

Marin, Giovanni; Palma, Alessandro - 2015

Traditional large appliances absorb a large share of residential electricity consumption and represent important targets of energy policy strategies aimed at achieving energy security. Despite being characterized by rather mature technologies, this group of appliances still offers large...

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Directed Technological Change and Energy Efficiency Improvements

Witajewski, Jan - 2015

This paper applies the Directed Technical Change (DTC) framework to study improvements in the efficiency of energy use. We present a theoretical model which (1) shows that the demand for energy is shifted down by innovations in energy intensive sectors and (2) highlights the drivers of...

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Directed Technical Change and Energy Intensity Dynamics : Structural Change vs. Energy Efficiency

Haas, Christian - 2019

This paper uses a model with Directed Technical Change to theoretically analyse observable heterogeneous energy intensity developments. Based on the empirical evidence, we decompose changes in aggregate energy intensity into structural changes in the economy (structural effect) and within-sector...

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Wealth, consumption, and energy-efficiency investments

Britto, Anthony; Dehler-Holland, Joris; Fichtner, Wolf - 2022

We revisit optimal investment in energy-efficiency, presenting a decision framework built around the agent's wealth and … wealth dynamic. An investment rule in the form of a trigger is derived such that the agent invests the first time the energy …

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The role of digital technology in climate technology innovation

Jo, Karam - In: KDI-journal of economic policy 45 (2023) 2, pp. 21-50

In this paper, I empirically estimate the relationship between digital technology and climate technology using the United States Patent and Trademark Office's patent database. I find that innovation in digital technology increases the number of patents for climate technology by 17.3% on average,...

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Cooling efficiency improvement

Chen, Jingliang; Shen, Bo; Liu, Lulu; Yao, Lin; Gao, Yu - 2023

With the improvement of people's living standards all over the world, the demand for cooling (both space cooling and refrigeration) continues to grow. The increase in cooling-related energy consumption has a growing impact on global climate change. The importance of improving the energy...

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Loan characteristics, firm preferences and investment : evidence from a unique experiment

Brutscher, Philipp-Bastian; Heipertz, Jonas; Hols, … - 2017

This paper uses a unique experiment conducted as part of the Investment Survey of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to … provide novel evidence on firms' preferences over loan characteristics and the relation between terms of credit and investment …

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The Effect of Temperature on Energy Use, CO2 Emissions, and Economic Performance in German Industry

Lehr, Jakob; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2022

This paper represents an addition to the scanty empirical evidence relating to the impactof climate change on the manufacturing sector. To study the effect of temperature onenergy use, CO2 emissions, and firms’ economic performance, we combine daily temperatureinformation from 11,000 German...

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Is industrial energy inefficiency transient or persistent? : evidence from Swedish manufacturing

Amjadi, Golnaz - 2020

Energy inefficiency in production implies that the same level of goods and services could be produced using less energy. The potential energy inefficiency of a firm may be linked to long-term structural rigidities in the production process and/or systematic shortcomings in management (persistent...

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Corporate training and skill gaps : did COVID-19 stem EU convergence in training investments?

Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Wruuck, Patricia - 2022

remain - and the Covid-19 shock may have exacerbated them. This report analyses European firms' investment in training over … the last six years examining trends, factors supporting training investment as well as the impact of the Covid-19 shock …. We base the empirical analysis on a unique dataset, the European Investment Bank's Investment Survey (EIBIS), which …

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