scholarly journals Energy’s Shadow Price and Energy Efficiency in China: A Non-Parametric Input Distance Function Analysis

Energies ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1975-1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Sheng ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
Joshua Shackman
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Shadow Price ◽  
Input Distance Function ◽  
Non Parametric

scholarly journals Total Factor Energy Productivity and Efficiency Changes of the Gher (Prawn-Carp-Rice) Farming System in Bangladesh: A Stochastic Input Distance Function Approach

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanzidur Rahman ◽  
Basanta Barmon
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Technical Progress ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Function Approach ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Energy Productivity ◽  
Input Distance Function ◽  
Stochastic Input

This paper measures energy performance, Total Factor Energy Productivity (TFEP), technical change (TC) and energy efficiency change (EEC) of the gher (prawn-carp-rice) farming system using a unique panel data of 90 farmers covering a 14 year period (2002–2015) from southwest Bangladesh by employing a stochastic input distance function approach. Results reveal that all inputs contribute significantly to energy productivity of the gher farming system with male labor energy input being the major contributor followed by energy from machineries, seeds and chemicals. Energy performance of the High Yielding Variety (HYV) rice enterprise is highly efficient whereas the prawn enterprise is highly energy inefficient. Furthermore, energy performance of the HYV rice enterprise improved significantly over time. Significant competition exists between HYV rice and prawn enterprises as well as prawn and carp enterprises. Experience and education significantly improve energy efficiency whereas gher area and household size significantly reduces it. TFEP grew at the rate of 2.56% per annum (p.a.) solely powered by technical progress at the rate of 2.57% p.a. Gher system can be sustained in the long-run driven by technical progress and improvements in energy productivity of the HYV rice enterprise. Policy implications include investments in R&D and education targeted at the gher farmers.

scholarly journals Analysing industrial water demand in India: An input distance function approach

Water Policy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surender Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Distance Function ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
Shadow Price ◽  
Function Approach ◽  
Programming Approach ◽  
Input Distance Function ◽  
Water Charges ◽  
Industrial Water Demand ◽  
Derived Demand

This study investigates the water demand of Indian manufacturing plants. It adopts an input distance function approach and approximates it by a translog form. Duality between cost function and input distance function is exploited to retrieve information concerning substitutability and the shadow price of water. The model is estimated using a linear programming approach on a sample of 92 firms over three years. The results show that the average shadow price of water is 7.21 Rupees per kilolitre (Rupees/kl) and the price elasticity of derived demand for water is high, −1.11 on average, a value similar to that found by other researchers working in developing countries (for example, China and Brazil). This indicates that water charges may be an effective instrument for water conservation.

Analysis of Energy Efficiency in China with a Slack-Based Directional Distance Function Approach

2013 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 1241-1244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Xiang Liu ◽  
Jing Luo
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Average Energy ◽  
Directional Distance Function ◽  
Function Approach ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Regional Energy ◽  
Energy Conversation

It is crucial to improve China’s energy efficiency in the context of energy conversation and environmental regulation. This paper approaches the measurement of Chinese regional energy efficiency based on slack-based directional distance function from a production theoretic perspective. The results show that there exists inequality among different regions in China and the east area have the best average energy efficiency for the period 2000-2009, followed by the central area. Based on these findings, this paper correspondingly proposes some policies to improve energy efficiency in China.

Cooperative Bank Efficiency in Japan: A Parametric Distance Function Analysis

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Colin Glass ◽  
Donal G. McKillop ◽  
Barry Quinn ◽  
John O.S. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Distance Function ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Bank Efficiency
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