Estimates of energy and non-energy elasticities in selected Asian manufacturing sectors: Policy implications |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Product Development, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;2. imec – Vision Lab, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;3. Applied Ergonomics and Design, Department of Industrial Design, CE Delft, The Netherlands;4. Politecnico di Milano – Design Dept, Laboratory TeDH - Technology and Design for Healthcare, Milan, Italy;1. State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China;2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China;3. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;4. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China;1. Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada;2. Application Developer;3. Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada;4. Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada;5. Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents the results of a study of the demand elasticities for energy and non-energy inputs in the food processing and textile industries in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Thailand. Estimates of substitution elasticities in production were derived by fitting data to a translog cost function for the period 1970–1980 for Bangladesh, 1970–1978 for the Philippines, and 1974–1977 for Thailand. The results varied according to the industries studied and across countries. They were compared with those of several developing and industrialized countries, and substitutability among inputs was found to be greater in the manufacturing sector of the developing countries studies than in those of industrialized countries. The generally high elasticities between labour and energy have implications for relative input pricing and use in developing countries. |
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