Electrification, energy quality, and productivity growth in US manufacturing

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6403695

Berndt, E R

Using the quality-quantity demand framework, the author assesses the quantitative significance of the energy flexibility quality attribute on productivity growth in US manufacturing from 1958-1977. He finds that the energy flexibility quality attribute embodied in electric energy is statistically significant, but that its quantitative empirical significance over that time period is modest, and the effect may have peaked by 1958. The findings suggest that the quality-quantity demand framework can be usefully employed to address issues that were previously not amenable to quantification, even at the aggregate manufacturing level. The paper concludes with suggestions for further research. 23 references, 12 figures, 2 tables.

• OSTI ID: 6403695
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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