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China’S Energy Inefficiency: A Cross-Country Comparison, Chu Wei, Jinlan Ni, Manhong Sheng
China’S Energy Inefficiency: A Cross-Country Comparison, Chu Wei, Jinlan Ni, Manhong Sheng
Economics Faculty Publications
This paper constructs a total-factor energy technical efficiency index using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method following the total factor productivity framework. We then compare energy technical efficiency across 156 countries from 1980 to 2007. The results show that China's energy efficiency considerably trails other countries’ although it has made significant gains within the last 28 years. Further analysis indicates that scale inefficiency rather than pure technical efficiency contributes to China's energy inefficiency.
Nebraska Immigration And Latino Issues Related Legislative Bills, Office Of Latino/Latin American Studies (Ollas)
Nebraska Immigration And Latino Issues Related Legislative Bills, Office Of Latino/Latin American Studies (Ollas)
Latino/Latin American Studies Other Publications
The year 2011 saw many Latino and Immigration-related bills in the Nebraska State Unicameral. View the OLLAS-created chart to read a summary.
Breaking Trends And The Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis: A Further Investigation, Atanu Ghoshray, Mohitosh Kejriwal, Mark E. Wohar
Breaking Trends And The Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis: A Further Investigation, Atanu Ghoshray, Mohitosh Kejriwal, Mark E. Wohar
Economics Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
This paper examines the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis employing new time series procedures that are robust to the nature of persistence in the commodity price shocks, thereby obviating the need for unit root pretesting. Specifically, the procedures allow consistent estimation of the number of structural breaks in the trend function as well as facilitate the distinction between trend breaks and pure level shifts. In comparison with past studies, we find fewer cases of commodities that display negative trends thereby weakening the case for the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis. Finally, a new set of powerful unit root tests allowing for structural breaks under both the …