This paper employs index decomposition analysis to decompose the energy consumption in agricultural sectors across the selected European Union Member States. The data from the World Input-Output Database are used for the analysis. The research covers the period of 1995-2009. The analysis showed that most of the selected European Union Member States managed to decouple the growth in agricultural Gross value Added and energy consumption during 1995-2009. The variance in energy intensities across the countries analysed did not fall until 2002, yet a moderate decrease has been observed afterwards. The results of the index decomposition analysis suggests that such countries a Austria, Finland, France, and Slovenia could exploit the intensity effect in reducing the overall energy use to a higher extent.
JEL classification: C43; Q10; Q40.
Keywords: Energy use; energy intensity; agriculture; index decomposition analysis.
Makutėnienė, D.; Baležentis, T.; Štreimikienė, D. 2016. Energy Use And Intensity in Agriculture Across European Countries, In Montenegrin Journal of Economics12(1):85-93. Print ISSN 1800-5845, eISSN 1800-6698. DOI:10.14254/1800-5845.2016/12-1/5 [ESCI-Emergin Sources Citation Index (Web of Science ID 000373058700006); Cabell's; DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals; ECONIS Datenbank; Genamics JournalSeek; NewJour; ProQuest-ABI/Inform, Research Library, Social Sciences; RePEc; Scirus; Ulrich's Periodicals Directory; World-Wide Web Virtual Library; EBSCO Publishing, Inc.; Index Copernicus International S.A. database; Journal of Economics Literature].
