Löschel, Andreas; Kaltenegger, Oliver; Baikowski, Martin - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 95 (2015) 12, pp. 837-844
Real unit energy costs allow us to monitor the burden of energy costs on firms and to assess the competitiveness of … industrial sectors. However, the indicator disregards "indirect" energy costs, which are embodied in non energy …-related intermediate inputs for the production of goods and services. Total real unit energy costs also take into account these indirect …