Sector disaggregation and the effect of structural change on industrial energy consumption

B.W. Ang (), X.Q. Liu and H.L. Ong

Energy, 1992, vol. 17, issue 7, 679-687

Abstract: We examine how the level of sector disaggregation, and the way industrial sectors are aggregated, influence the estimate of the effect of structural change on the growth of industrial energy consumption. If these influences are great, it would be misleading to use the results obtained for a specific level of sector disaggregation to explain, in general terms, changes in industrial energy consumption over time. We show that it is a misconception to suggest that the higher the level of sector disaggregation, the larger will be the changes in industrial energy consumption that can be attributed to structural change. We present a procedure for examining how grouping of sectors to form a higher level of sector aggregation affects the estimate of the structural effect and for identifying the source of variations. The application of this procedure is illustrated using the electricity consumption data of Singapore industry.

Date: 1992
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (8)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/036054429290075B
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:17:y:1992:i:7:p:679-687

DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(92)90075-B

Access Statistics for this article

Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser

More articles in Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().