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Does Energy Consumption Respond to Price Shocks? Evidence from a Regression-Discontinuity Design

Bastos, Paulo; Cristia, Julian; Scartascini, Carlos G.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper exploits unique features of a recently introduced tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires to estimate the short-run impact of price shocks on residential energy utilization. The schedule induces a non-linear and nonmonotonic relationship between households’ accumulated...

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Fiscal federalism in Latin America : from entitlements to markets

Wiesner Durán, Eduardo - 2003

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How do households consume energy? : evidence from Latin American and Caribbean

Jiménez, Raúl; Yépez-Garcia, Ariel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2020

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Luz para las comunidades de la Chiquitania : los beneficios de la electrificación rural con energía renovable en Bolivia

Ballón, Sergio; Román, Soraya; Antonio, Katherine M.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2019

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Latin America's Energy Future

Tissot, Roger - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This discussion paper presents a survey of the changes in Latin America's energy consumption over the last 30 years, before considering the trends that will affect the region in the coming decades. It highlights several important issues, including the growing demand for oil, which has prompted a...

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Inter-Fuel Competition in Electricity Generation

Bailey, Jed - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This study compares the levelized cost of electricity generated with fossil fuels (including coal, natural gas, fuel … range of levelized cost of electricity for each technology. In addition, the study examined how the cost of electricity was … and levelized costs of electricity by repowering existing thermal power plants or switching high-carbon fuels to lower …

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The New Energy Landscape: Shale Gas in Latin America

Mares, David R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This paper examines the potential for shale gas in Latin America, and the technical and institutional obstacles to the industry's development. The first part of the paper analyzes the characteristics of the shale gas revolution that developed in the U.S. and highlights its precarious nature, the...

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Long-Term Effect of Climate Change on Health: Evidence from Heat Waves in Mexico

Aguero, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

outcomes in Mexico. Combining temperature data at the district level and three rounds of nationally representative household …

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Evaluación del marco normativo e institucional del Perú para la promoción de energía eléctrica a partir de recursos renovables

Batlle, Carlos; Barroso, Luiz; Echevarría, Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

El objetivo del presente estudio es, en primer lugar, introducir el estado actual del marco normativo e institucional vigente para la promoción de recursos energéticos renovables, tanto convencionales (RERC, es decir, grandes centrales hidráulicas), como no convencionales (RER, es decir,...

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Entry and Quality Choices in Child Care Markets

Bastos, Paulo; Cristia, Julian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

centers and their inputs from São Paulo to examine the role of local household income in shaping the entry and quality choices … and increases systematically with local household income; and (3) a considerable share of centers operates below …

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