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There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in …
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. Our focus is on quantifying short-term coal-to-gas switching decisions by different types of electric power plants in …
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This paper evaluates changes in fuel procurement practices by coal- and gas-fired power plants in the United States … plants substantially reduce the price paid for coal (but not gas), and tend to employ less capital-intensive sulfur abatement … more productive coal mines. I show how these results lend support to theories of asymmetric information, capital bias, and …
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advantage of coal-fired power plants. The shale revolution has resulted in unprecedented variation in natural gas prices that we …
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the short term, it is tempting to export more to outcompete coal. When this policy is anticipated, however, investments in … instance, the incentive to maintain a high price on exports can mitigate the temptation to reduce the price to outcompete coal …
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Natural gas has replaced coal as the dominant fuel for U.S. electricity generation. However, U.S. states that regulate … electric utilities have retired coal more slowly than others. We build a structural model of rate-of-return regulation during … an energy transition where utilities face tradeoffs between lowering costs and maintaining coal capacity. We find that …
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large shares of coal-fired generation, prices are below SMC. Combining our estimates of marginal price and SMC for each of …
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The phasedown of coal for electricity generation is considered vital to meeting global climate targets. Many countries … have pledged to stop using coal, with some as early as 2030. While the United States has no target currently in place …, several states do. In this paper, we examine the feasibility of phasing down U.S. coal-generated electricity given the …
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the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, estimating a dynamic oligopoly model of technology adoption and exit for coal …
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This paper proposes a simple two-step estimation method (Climate Adaptive Response Estimation - CARE) to estimate sectoral climate damage functions, which account for long- run adaptation. The paper applies this method in the context of residential electricity and natural gas demand for the...
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