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Differential and distributional effects of energy efficiency surveys : evidence from electricity consumption
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Rustamov, Galib - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407824
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Exploring the causality links between energy and employment in African countries
Arouri, Mohamed; BenYoussef, Adel; M'henni, Hatem; … - 2014
estimates did not indicate any causality in Big African players like South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana and Senegal. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380039
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Survey of models on demand, customer base-line and demand response and their relationships in the power market
Heshmati, Almas - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548648
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Energy consumption and health outcomes in Africa
BenYoussef, Adel; Lannes, Laurence; Rault, Christophe; … - 2016
between energy consumption and health indicators in Nigeria. In particular, our findings suggest that electricity consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580573
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Education quality, green technology, and the economic impact of carbon pricing
Macdonald, Kevin; Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2021
Carbon pricing is increasingly used by governments to reduce emissions. The effect of carbon pricing on economic outcomes as well as mitigating factors has been studied extensively since the early 1990s. One mitigating factor that has received less attention is education quality. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651427
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Energy consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in Middle East and North African countries
Arouri, Mohamed; Youssef, Adel Ben; M'henni, Hatem; … - 2012
implementing recent bootstrap panel unit root tests and cointegration techniques to investigate the relationship between carbon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534047
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Investigating the asymmetric impact of oil prices on GCC stock markets
Cheikh, Nidhaleddine Ben; Ben Naceur, Samy; Kanaan, … - 2020
This paper investigates the presence of asymmetric relationship between oil price movements and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock markets. We propose the implementation of nonlinear vector smooth transition regression (VSTR) models which offer a greater flexibility when modelling the possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314956
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The determinants of crude oil prices : evidence from ARDL and nonlinear ARDL approaches
Ben Salem, Leila; Nouira, Ridha; Jeguirim, Khaled; … - 2022
) approach is used to explore this asymmetry. The use of an asymmetric error correction model with asymmetric cointegration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429325
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Co-movements between public and private wages in the EU : which factors play a role?
Marzinotto, Benedicta; Turrini, Alessandro - 2016
This paper assesses the relationship between government and manufacturing wages. We find that the long-run relation between the two wages is stronger when the government is a large employer. Manufacturing wages are better aligned with productivity and unemployment when public wages, to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480768
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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401020