?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1278%2F&rft.title=Closing+the+gap%3F+Dynamic+analyses+of+emission+efficiency+and+sector+productivity+in+Europe&rft.creator=Marin%2C+Giovanni&rft.subject=HD+Industries.+Land+use.+Labor&rft.description=This+paper+investigates+the+patterns+of+emission+efficiency+(value+added+per+emission)+growth+of+23+manufacturing+sectors+in+12+European+countries+with+a+focus+on+five+emissions+(CO2%2C+NOx%2C+NMVOC%2C+SOx+and+CO).+Emission+efficiency+growth+is+expected+to+be+triggered+by+improvements+in+the+efficiency+of+frontier+countries+through+the+diffusion+of+better+technologies+to+laggard+countries.+This+effect+is+likely+to+differ+according+to+the+distance+from+the+frontier+country.+Finally%2C+the+role+of+productivity+patterns+(Total+Factor+Productivity)+and+energy%0D%0Aprices+dynamics+is+assessed.+Results+based+on+the+European+NAMEA+(National+Accounting+Matrix+including+Environmental+Accounts)+further+merged+with+sector+accounts+highlight+significant+spillovers+from+leaders+in+emission+efficiency+and+a+general+tendency+to+converge+for+laggard+countries+and%0D%0Asectors+(except+for+NMVOC+emission+efficiency).+Energy+prices+weakly+induce+improvements+in+emission+efficiency%2C+with+the+effect+being+generally+stronger+for+sectors+and+countries+farther+away+from+the+emission+efficiency+frontier.+Finally%2C+total+factor+productivity+(TFP)+is+strongly+correlated+with+emission+efficiency+while+the+distance+from+TFP+frontier+significantly+harms+emission+efficiency+growth.&rft.publisher=IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies&rft.date=2012-05&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1278%2F1%2FEIC_WP_2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Marin%2C+Giovanni++Closing+the+gap%3F+Dynamic+analyses+of+emission+efficiency+and+sector+productivity+in+Europe.++EIC+working+paper+series++%232%2F2012++++IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++++