AN INDEX NUMBER FRAMEWORK FOR EXPLAINING CHANGES IN INPUT PRODUCTIVITY - AN APPLICATION TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Various methods have been used for describing and explaining movements in a specific input's productivity or efficiency. The following discussion provides an index number framework for breaking down energy efficiency into its components - the changing input mix along with technological change. This neoclassical discrete growth accounting approach is applied to the Canadian agricultural sector during a time period in which energy prices were both stable and volatile. © 1990, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.