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Energy prices and the adoption of energy-saving technology

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Linn, Joshua
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.
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Abstract
This paper investigates the link between factor prices, technology and factor demands. I estimate the effect of price-induced technology adoption on energy demand in the U.S. manufacturing sector, using plant data from the Census of Manufactures, 1963-1997. I compare the energy efficiency of entrants and incumbents to measure the effect of technology adoption on the demand for energy. A 10 percent increase in the price of energy causes technology adoption that reduces the energy demand of entrants by 1 percent. This elasticity has two implications: first, technology adoption explains a statistically significant but relatively small fraction of changes in energy demand in the 1970s and 1980s; and second, technology adoption can reduce the long run effect of energy prices on growth, but by less than previous research has found.
Date issued
2006
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45058
Publisher
MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
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2006-012
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MIT-CEEPR (Series) ; 06-012WP.
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