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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2006 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 387-390
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.387.390
Relationship Between Value Added and Electricity Consumption in the Iranian Industries
S.F. Ghaderi, M.A. Azadeh and S. Mohammadzadeh

Abstract: Energy is a vital resource for economic development in each country; therefore, the determination of relationship between energy consumption and economic growth is one of the factors that decides the supportive energy policies, and is used to optimize allocation of available energy resources. One of the most important segments as economical point and view are industrial sectors. Electricity holds a large percentage of industrial energy consumption, in this study the relationship between value added (economics growth) and electricity consumption was studied. According to the results of casual test, electricity consumption does not add any value to most industries in Iran; hence, supportive policies to increase electricity consumption are inefficient in economic growth.

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S.F. Ghaderi, M.A. Azadeh and S. Mohammadzadeh, 2006. Relationship Between Value Added and Electricity Consumption in the Iranian Industries. Journal of Applied Sciences, 6: 387-390.

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