Energy efficiency development in German and Colombian non-energy-intensive sectors: a non-parametric analysis

Martínez, Clara Inés Pardo

doi:10.1007/s12053-010-9078-2

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“…al. (2011), Mekaroonreung & Johnson (2009 and Ines and Martinez (2011) to measure the TE in the energy industry. The sample of the refineries studied consists of 12 refineries under the direction of NRC, MRC and SRC.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The author proposed some measures that could be applied by the government to stimulate the efficiency of the housing sector in Iran. Ines and Martinez (2011) used the DEA to measure energy efficiency development in the non-energy-intensive sectors (NEISs) in Germany and Colombia through a production-bases theoretical framework using data from 1998-2005. The authors compared energy efficiency performances at two levels of aggregation and then applied different alternative models.…”

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Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure the Technical Efficiency of Oil Refineries: A Case Study

Al-Najjar¹,

Al-Jaybajy²

2012

IJBA

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This paper is an attempt to implement the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach to measure the relative efficiency of a sample of oil refineries in Iraq over a period of two years, 2009-2010. We demonstrate that DEA is an effective tool for the Ministry of Petroleum (MOP) for monitoring and controlling the performance of oil refineries, which are growing as an important sector in Iraq. The authors followed a case study methodology where data about the inputs and outputs of refineries are gathered and analyzed to compute the relative efficiency of the refineries. Based on the results obtained, 50% of the refineries were efficient in 2009, while 58% of them were efficient in 2010, and the overall efficiency of the refineries studied was about 82% and 87% respectively. Later, inefficient refineries were investigated closely to identify the areas in which the use of resources manifest decreasing returns to scale. We concluded the paper with some recommendations on the applicability of the DEA for oil refinery efficiency evaluation. Due to the absence of research work, in this discipline, in the oil sector in Iraq, this study shall augment our knowledge on how oil refineries in Iraq may apply DEA to measure their efficiency, and how they might use the results to overcome efficiency problems. Although the results of the present paper are limited to the oil refineries studied; the DEA approach could trigger the attention of policy makers in the MOP to apply DEA to improve the efficiency of other DMUs. In addition, other manufacturing and service sectors in Iraq could, also, benefit from this approach.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure the Technical Efficiency of Oil Refineries: A Case Study

Al-Najjar¹,

Al-Jaybajy²

2012

IJBA

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“…Gross production value (y d ) represents actual economic results at the field level. Previous studies have considered the gross production value (y g ) as the industrial output (e.g., [54][55][56][57]). This paper uses the outputs of gross production value (y d ) and the three workplace injury rates (being wounded or ill (y u 1 ), disability (y u 2 ), and death (y u 3 )).…”

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Incorporating Workplace Injury to Measure the Safety Performance of Industrial Sectors in Taiwan

Yeh

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The severity of workplace injuries varies by industry. Information on workplace injuries can enable firms and governments to effectively improve their safety performance based on the specific contexts of each industry. Incorporating the three workplace injury rates (being wounded or ill, disability, and death), a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model is developed to evaluate the safety performance of 17 industrial sectors in Taiwan. The results suggest that the Taiwanese government should pay particular attention to the mining and quarrying industry, which has the lowest safety performance. Additionally, the results provide abundant information for the Taiwanese government to design industry safety regulations in a way that may prompt firms to develop a sustainable economy by improving their health and safety practices and enhancing their overall safety performance.

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“…The study period is 1997-2014 because Chongqing became a municipality in 1996. Based on economic growth theory, previous studies have indicated that the performance evaluation focus on physical capital stock, human capital stock, and output value [54][55][56]. Warr and Ayres [57] implicated energy and environmental policy that differ significantly from the traditional growth theory.…”

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Low Carbon Economy Performance Analysis with the Intertemporal Effect of Capital in China

Zhao

Zhong

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The "New Normal" of Chinese economy represents the importance of economic performance. To analyze the provincial performance of the low-carbon economy in China, this paper constructed a three-stage dynamic Malmquist model considering the evolutionary promotion of productivity and technical progress. This paper incorporates the lag effect of capital accumulation into the performance evaluation to ensure transitivity and continuity. Furthermore, the inefficiency of the low-carbon economy arises from the disadvantages of resources endowments; therefore, it is necessary to eliminate these to evaluate managerial performance. This paper not only evaluates the provincial performance of the low-carbon economy but also suggests the sources and impetus of regional low-carbon economy development to find feasible transition paths. The empirical results reveal that the performance of the low-carbon economy presents a gradient distribution with obvious distinctions among the eastern, central, and western regions. Tianjin and Hebei should emphasize the optimal allocation of their own resources. Jiangxi and Hunan, by contrast, should focus on the perfection of the resources endowments.

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Energy efficiency development in German and Colombian non-energy-intensive sectors: a non-parametric analysis

Cited by 55 publications

References 39 publications

Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure the Technical Efficiency of Oil Refineries: A Case Study

Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure the Technical Efficiency of Oil Refineries: A Case Study

Incorporating Workplace Injury to Measure the Safety Performance of Industrial Sectors in Taiwan

Low Carbon Economy Performance Analysis with the Intertemporal Effect of Capital in China

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