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This paper develops a pseudo-panel approach to examine household electricity demand behaviour through the household … evidence that the income elasticity of French residential electricity demand is 0.22, averaged over our four cohorts of … electricity consumption follows an inverted U-shaped distribution as a function of the age of the household's head. Most notably …
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We estimate the relationship between electricity, fuel and carbon prices in Germany, France, the Netherlands, the Nord … increasing interaction between electricity and input prices on the one hand, and between electricity markets on the other. The …
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subsidized entry of wind power in the Nordic electricity market. A relatively small-scale entry of renewables leads to a large … the total electricity market expenditures. The subsidies generate net gains to consumers. We develop an approach to …
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In June 2018, an agreement between key EU institutions - the Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Council - was reached after a long-lasting discourse over the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package. This paper offers a comprehensive assessment of the EU package, with its...
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, especially in the electricity sector. Gas exports to Europe will be significantly affected as more gas becomes available for …
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of the electricity market in the US as our case study, we find support for our theoretical predictions. Furthermore, we …
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-related processes across all sectors of the economy - so-called sector coupling. In our analysis we consider countries whose electricity … a group of countries on emissions in their transport and buildings sectors. The tax induces a switch to electricity … electricity sector. This induces emission reductions in the electricity sectors of the other countries covered under the ETS …
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We use instrumental variable methods to investigate whether the impact of parental smoking habits on their children's smoking decisions is a causal one. We find evidence of same-sex role models in two-parent households: mothers play a crucial role in determining their daughters' smoking...
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While the theoretical literature on contracts has been enormous since the seventies, empirical tests of the theory have long remained scarce. However, new empirical work has been developed in the last ten years that sheds light on the empirical validation of the theory. This paper aims at...
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We propose a model of discrimination in the market for mortgages. The model explains accepted loan applications and determines loan sizes and interest rates simultaneously. A competitive, and a discriminating monopoly version of the model are proposed. Offered interest rates and loan sizes are a...
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