The Czechoslovak Iron and Steel Industry: Productive efficiency under state socialism in a comparative perspective

Hana Nielsen

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Abstract

Czechoslovak productive efficiency of the iron and steel sector fluctuated below the energy efficiency frontier. Until early 1970s, the country's iron sector was one of the least efficient ones in our sample. It was, however, during the decades of 1970s and 1980s that efficiency measures were adopted and the energy efficiency of the Czechoslovak iron and steel sector increased significantly to, despite of a priori expectations, reach the energy efficiency frontier. Empirical results for other planned economies show similar development of catching-up to the market economies, particularly in the iron production sector. Central-planning was thus able to achieve satisfactory productivity increases, primarily driven by efficiency enhancements and in spite of the slow adoption of new technology. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnergy Procedia
PublisherElsevier
Pages2779-2784
Volume75
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
EventClean, Efficient and Affordable Energy for a Sustainable Future: The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2015) - Abu Dhabi, U ARAB EMIRATES
Duration: 2015 Mar 282015 Mar 31

Publication series

Name
Volume75
ISSN (Print)1876-6102

Conference

ConferenceClean, Efficient and Affordable Energy for a Sustainable Future: The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2015)
Period2015/03/282015/03/31

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Energy Systems

Free keywords

  • energy efficiency
  • central planning
  • steel
  • data envelopment analysis
  • Malmquist productivity index

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