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rather than after. This study examines Indonesia's nationwide switch to prepaid electricity metering, impacting over 40 …
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multiple channels to energy shocks, even though electricity and gas bills represent a very small share of their total costs … most energy intensive firms. We also find that the impact of electricity shocks has weakened over time, suggesting that … electricity and gas price increases, firms are less able to reduce their consumption. These results shed light on the mechanisms …
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This paper asks whether increasing productivity in the electricity sector can yield larger long-run GDP gains than … suggested by electricity's small share of aggregate economic activity. We answer this question using a dynamic model in which … electricity is a strong complement to other inputs in production. We parameterize the model using our own new measures of …
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areas. In particular, the U.S. telecommunications sector was hit by a deep crisis and electricity reforms suffered under the … telephony and the electricity sector. Part of the explanation lies in an underestimate of the coordination problems, resulting …
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, however, be observed across countries and sectors. We focus on electricity and gas sectors because energy sectors have usually …
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lower electricity prices. Even with multiple market failures, emissions pricing remains the single most cost …Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from … renewable sources, and encourage energy conservation. To what extent do innovation and energy efficiency (EE) market failures …
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We investigate the displacement effects of phase-out-of-coal policies in a stylized model of electricity generation and … CO2 regulation, in which a group of countries operates an emissions trading scheme (ETS). Electricity markets are either … electricity, some emissions as well as some coal-based electricity ‘leak’ into other countries and the aggregate welfare of the …
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are on electricity-included property lease contracts causing them to face a marginal electricity price of zero. We use … electricity in response to summer temperature fluctuations. The result is retrieved under weaker identifying assumptions than … previous split incentives papers, and is robust when exposed to several opportunities to fail. The electricity reduction in …
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Program (NBP) as a case study, this analysis tests whether power plants in states which chose an updating allocation increase … their electricity production relative to plants in states that chose a fixed allocation. Results find that updating … and market conditions. …
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