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Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In … particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the … interaction between suppliers and customers (smart grids). Power generation by renewable energy sources can also benefit from this …
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carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative sources of energy to avoid the impact of … higher fossil fuel prices and political instability in the major energy supplying countries. In this regard, different … policies could be applied to reduce carbon emissions, such as enhancing renewable energy deployment and encouraging …
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Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In … emissions have renewed the interest in the development of alternative energy resources. In particular, the Fukushima Daiichi … accident was a turning point in the call for alternative energy sources. Renewable energy is now considered a more desirable …
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The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several … scholars have applied different methodologies to examine the relationships between energy consumption and economic growth of … individual and groups of countries and to analyze the environmental effects of energy policies. Previous studies have analyzed …
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conducted in Australia, we assess the impact of four international exercises held within a dedicated military training area on …
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Although there is strong support for renewable energy plants, they are often met with local resistance. We quantify the … externalities of renewable energy plants using wellbeing data. We focus on the example of biogas, one of the most frequently …
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response, especially in the drink-now and energy drink segments of the market. We also document substitution into diet drinks …
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We study the link between tax progressivity and top income shares. Using variation from large-scale Western tax reforms in the 1980s and 1990s and the novel synthetic control method, we find large and lasting boosting impacts on top income shares from the progressivity reductions. Effects are...
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who bears the burden of taxation and benefits from transfers and of how Grenada's fiscal system can improve its …
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The passage of landmark government regulation is often the culmination of evolving social pressure and incremental policy change. During this process, firms may preemptively adjust behavior in anticipation of impending regulation, making it difficult to quantify the overall economic impact of...
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