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Energy Efficiency
Rebound is particularly high in productive sectors of the economy – such as electric power or steel production – and sectors where efficiency improvements can motivate significant consumption increases and “frontier effects,” or whole new energy services.29 While further study of rebound effects for efficiency improvements at production firms is needed, the literature to date indicates that direct rebound effects in developed countries may be on the order of 20 to 70 percent for industrial sectors, with additional rebound due to indirect and macroeconomic effects. In developing countries, rebound in industrial sectors may be on the order of 50 to 90 percent.