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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Technology Adoption and Aggregate Energy Efficiency
Autores: | Pizer,   William A.; Harrington,   Winston; Kopp,   Raymond J.; Morgenstern,   Richard D.; Shih,   Jhih-Shyang.
Data: | 2005-10-25
Ano: | 2002
Palavras-chave: | Energy efficiency; Endogenous technological change; Technology adoption; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O31; O38; Q43; Q48.
Resumo: | Improved technology is often cited as a means to alter the otherwise difficult trade-off between the economic burden of regulation and environmental damage. Focusing on energy-saving technologies that mitigate the threat of climate change, we find that both energy prices and financial health influence technology adoption among a sample of industrial plants in four heavily polluting sectors. Based on a model linking technology adoption to growth in aggregate efficiency, we estimate that a doubling of energy prices, after raising the growth rate to 2.1%, would require slightly more than 50 years to generate a 50% improvement in aggregate efficiency relative to the baseline forecast.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

18465

http://purl.umn.edu/10616

Editor: | AgEcon Search

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