Improving Energy Efficiency through Technology

Trends, Investment Behaviour and Policy Design

AvRaymond J.G.M. Florax,Henri L.F. de Groot

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

This innovative book explores the adoption of energy-saving technologies and their impact on energy efficiency improvements. It contains a mix of theoretical and empirical contributions, and combines and compares economic and physical indicators to monitor and analyze trends in energy efficiency. The authors pay considerable attention to empirical research on the determinants of energy-saving investment including uncertainty, energy-price volatility and subsidies. They also discuss the role of energy modeling in policy design and the potential effect of energy policies on technology diffusion in energy-extensive sectors. Written from a multi-disciplinary perspective, this book will appeal to academics and graduates in the areas of energy-saving technologies, energy economics and natural resource economics as well as policy makers - particularly those in energy policy. Contributors: K. Blok, H.L.F. de Groot, R.J.G.M. Florax, M. Harmelink, G.W. Hunter, S. Joosen, M.J. Koetse, P. Mulder, M.K. Patel, A. Ramirez, W.J.H. van Groenendaal, D.P. van Soest, H.R.J. Vollebergh

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-11-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781845423902

Utforska kategorier

Energiteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Edited by the late Raymond J.G.M. Florax, formerly Professor of Spatial and Environmental Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, US, Henri L.F. de Groot, Professor, VU University Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute and Ecorys NEI, the Netherlands and Peter Mulder, Assistant Professor, VU University Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands

Recensioner i media

’Increasing energy-efficiency is important because it offers the prospect of partly solving our climate change and energy security problems without pain. This book sheds further light on the issue, focusing on energy-extensive economic activities which, by sheer volume, collectively use a substantial amount of energy. That simple fact alone makes this book worthwhile, but there are many other gems.’- Richard Tol, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Ireland

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:PrefaceINTRODUCTION1. Energy Efficiency and Technological ChangeRaymond J.G.M. Florax, Henri L.F. de Groot and Peter MulderPART I: TRENDS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY2. A Spatial Perspective on Global Energy Productivity TrendsPeter Mulder, Raymond J.G.M. Florax and Henri L.F. de Groot3. Energy-Productivity Performance Across 14 OECD Countries: The Role of Energy-Extensive SectorsPeter Mulder and Henri L.F. de Groot4. Using Physical Indicators to Monitor Energy Efficiency in Energy-Extensive SectorsAndrea Ramírez, Martin K. Patel and Kornelis Blok5. Monitoring Energy Use and Energy Efficiency in the Dutch Service SectorAndrea Ramírez, Martin K. Patel and Kornelis BlokPART II: TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT BEHAVIOUR6. Adoption Criteria, Diffusion and Firm Size: The Role of Learning in Reconciling Theories of Endogenous Technical Change with Empirical EvidenceGreg W. Hunter7. A Meta-Regression Analysis of the Investment–Uncertainty RelationshipMark J. Koetse, Henri L.F. de Groot and Raymond J.G.M. Florax8. The Effects of Uncertainty on Investments: Analysing the Environmental Impact of Energy Market LiberalizationDaan P. van Soest and Henri L.F. de Groot PART III: ENERGY POLICY DESIGN9. Energy Investment Behaviour: Firm Heterogeneity and Subsidy DesignDaan P. van Soest and Herman R.J. Vollebergh 10. Effectiveness of Energy Policies in the Service SectorKornelis Blok, Suzanne Joosen and Mirjam Harmelink11. Energy Model and Policy Advice: The Effect of Model ChoiceWillem J.H. van GroenendaalEPILOGUE12. Conclusions and Future ResearchRaymond J.G.M. Florax, Henri L.F. de Groot and Peter MulderIndex