Electricity substitution: some local industrial evidence

Substitution elasticities between electricity, production and non-production labor, and capital in Alabama's textiles, paper, chemicals and primary metals industries are estimated. There is generally weak substitution between inputs and declining shares of production labor. Textiles exhibit a trend toward more capital intensive techniques. All outputs are biased away from electricity. Electricity demand is price inelastic, which implies regulatory constraints are binding.

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