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The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated … the growing literature on models used to study demand, consumer baseline (CBL) and demand response in the electricity … case for possible application to the electricity market and discusses the implications of the results. In the literature …
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the initial impact and eventual recovery of electricity service and economic activity in the area of impact of the …
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This paper analyzes how policy changes affect shareholder wealth in the context of environmental regulation. We exploit … of almost half of Germany's nuclear reactors while safety checks were carried out, and a three-month moratorium on … companies to renewable energies companies in Germany. We moreover find that the joint market capitalization of these firms has …
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recent increase in natural gas supply led to displacement of coal-fired electricity by cleaner natural gas-fired generation …
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This paper estimates the effect of coal-fired power plants on infant mortality in India. We find that a one GW increase in coal-fired capacity corresponds to a 14% increase in infant mortality rates in districts near versus far from the plant site. This effect is 2-3 times larger than estimates...
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Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self …We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and … differences between regulated occupations and unregulated occupations in East Germany to the corresponding differences in West …
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-protecting adaptations to high temperatures. The second part of the paper examines the private and external costs of electricity generation …. Extreme temperatures increase electricity demand in the residential sector (relative to moderate temperatures), but not in the … commercial, industrial, and transportation end-use sectors. The additional electricity demand in response to high temperatures …
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household electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with … but participated later. The evidence suggest that the customers who participated in the survey reduced their electricity …
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Providing electricity to the unconnected 1.1 billion people in developing countries is one of the top political … whether the objective and the associated costs are justified by the value that target beneficiaries assign to electricity. We … provide experimental evidence on the revealed willingness-to-pay (WTP) for three types of off-grid solar electricity devices …
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Electricity is a general purpose technology and the catalyst for the second industrial revolution. What was its impact … higher-voltage electricity lines. Instrumenting for electrification using hydro-electric potential, we find that the average …
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