Aggregate Energy, Efficiency, and Productivity Measurement

Energy use, technical progress and productivity growth: A survey of economic issues

“…131ndex number issues, with particular emphasis on energy, are discussed in detail in Berndt [1978]. For a related application, see Marlay [1984].…”

Capital-Energy Substitution and Shifts in Factor Demand: A Meta-Analysis

“…The economic and econometric evidence supporting capital-energy substitutability is in line with engineering analyses of energyconservation potential. Early studies have shown that average realised energy savings of existing plant and equipment are only a small fraction of the maximum possible energy-saving potential (see Berndt, 1978, for an overview). In contrast, many studies suggest that capital and energy are complements in production, implying that energy-saving potential is purely an engineering, not an economic potential (see also Section 3).…”

Dutch sectoral energy intensity developments in international perspective, 1987–2005

“…To this aim we will calculate to what extent aggregate energy intensity trends are to be explained from, respectively, shifts in the underlying sector structure (structure effect) and efficiency improvements within individual sectors (efficiency effect). As such our analysis is related to numerous empirical studies exploring the development and determinants of energy intensity, energy productivity, or energy efficiency (see, for example, Berndt 1978, Fisher-Vanden et al 2004, IEA 2004, Mairet and Decellas 2009, Miketa 2001, Mulder and De Groot 2007, Nilsson 1993, Park et al 1993, Schipper and Meyers 1992, Sue Wing 2008, Taylor et al 2010, Unander 2007, Worell 2004.…”