 Analysis of Energy Use Efficiency in Japanese Factories: The possibility of industry agglomeration effect for energy efficiency (Japanese)Kenta Tanaka and Shunsuke Managi Discussion Papers (Japanese) from Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Abstract: To tackle worsening environmental and resource problems, increasing energy efficiency is the one of the most important policy issues in the world. Many previous studies have tried to measure energy efficiency in the industrial sector. However, previous studies did not sufficiently analyze what factors affect energy efficiency changes. In this study, we measure energy efficiency based on plant level data in the Japanese paper and pulp industry and cement industry. In addition, we try to reveal the relationship between industry agglomeration effect and energy efficiency of each factory. Our results show some important findings. First, energy efficiency has improved in recent years in the Japanese paper and pulp industry as well as the cement industry, but contribution factors for improvement of energy efficiency differ between each industry. Second, industry agglomeration affects energy efficiency. In the paper and pulp industry, the same industry agglomerations contribute to improvements in energy efficiency, however, the agglomeration effect is negative for energy efficiency in the cement industry. Pages: 21 pages Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eti:rdpsjp:16003 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Discussion Papers (Japanese) from Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Contact information at EDIRC. |
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