We compare a range of energy efficiency policies in a durable good market subject to both energy-use externalities and …-end good. The rates should always be decreasing in energy efficiency. With per-quality subsidies, there is no such interference … product line if consumers are not too dissimilar, otherwise it should only target the low-end good. An energy tax should be …

This paper compares different results from a set of energy scenarios produced by international energy experts, in order … to analyze projections on increasing European external energy dependence and vulnerability. Comparison among different … scenarios constitutes the basis of a critical review of existing energy security policies, suggesting alternative or …

In addition to the already present Climate and Energy package, the European Union (EU) plans to include a binding … target to reduce energy consumption. We analyze the rationales the EU invokes to justify such an overlapping and develop a … renewable energy (RE) production and reducing energy demand through energy efficiency (EE) investments. We find that although …

exchange rate and investment environment. These unique features have enabled our model to be best equipped to evaluate the … underestimated if no consideration is given of the impacts of exchange rate and investment environment. Finally, as there is an …

and scrutiny. This is partly because of China’s own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies … energy security as a result of misconceptions and misunderstandings of China’s quest for energy security both inside and … outside China. This paper aims to de-politicize the debate on China’s global quest for energy resources and to put discussions …

implement an additional instrument encouraging the reduction of emissions, for instance a renewable energy subsidy. Our analysis …

produce commercial shale gas will have a crucial impact on the regional gas market and on China’s energy mix, as Beijing … strives to decrease reliance on imported oil and coal, while attempting to meet growing energy demand and maintain a certain …

household residential energy usage at the national level, containing the broadest geographical coverage, and with the longest … find strong household response to energy prices, both in the short and long term. From the static models, we get estimates … small. These results are in sharp contrast to much of the literature on residential energy consumption in the United States …

the market a decisive role in allocating resources. To have the market to play that role, getting the energy prices right … is crucial because it sends clear signals to both producers and consumers of energy. While the overall trend of China …’s energy pricing reform since 1984 has been moving away from the pricing completely set by the central government in the …