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ENERGY ECONOMICS
Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 283-295Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2004.04.015
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decomposition; energy intensity; energy efficiency; transition
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The economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have traditionally been very energy intensive. Energy intensity (defined as energy use per GDP) has decreased in the course of transition, but progress has been uneven and most transition countries still use several times as much energy per unit of output as their Western peers. This paper decomposes energy data to identify the main factors behind the improvements in energy intensity. It shows that energy prices and progress in enterprise restructuring are the two most important drivers for more efficient energy use. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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