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Dynamic demand for residential electricity in Taiwan under seasonality and increasing-block pricing

Hung, Ming-Feng; Huang, Tai-Hsin - In: Energy Economics 48 (2015) C, pp. 168-177

This paper studies the dynamic demand for residential electricity in Taiwan employing a monthly panel data set … significant seasonal difference in the demand for electricity between the summer and non-summer periods. Both the adjustment speed …

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Some Economic Aspects of Energy Security

Labandeira, Xavier; Manzano, Baltazar - In: European Research Studies Journal XV (2012) 4, pp. 47-64

Energy security is becoming an increasingly important issue in the energy domain. However, from an economic point of view, many questions related to energy security are still unclear: from its definition and the costs associated to insecurity, to the design of policies intended to reduce it. In...

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Some Economic Aspects of Energy Security

Labandeira, Xavier; Manzano, Baltazar - In: European Research Studies Journal XV (2012) Special Issue on Energy, pp. 47-64

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Behavioural responses to energy-related taxes: a survey

A. Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A.C. Muskens, M.J. van Leeuwen - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 18 (2002) 2/3/4, pp. 202-217

This article examines behavioural responses to changes in energy prices by surveying the magnitude of energy price elasticities. Price elasticity estimates can be used to understand behavioural responses to changes in prices due to environmental taxes. A theoretical framework is presented...

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Demand for gasoline is more price-inelastic than commonly thought

Havranek, Tomas; Irsova, Zuzana; Janda, Karel - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 1, pp. 201-207

gasoline demand. We conduct a quantitative survey of the estimates of elasticity reported for various countries around the …

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A Panel Data Analysis of Electricity Demand in Pakistan

Chaudhry, Azam - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 15 (2010) Special Edition, pp. 75-106

This paper looks at the economy-wide demand and the firm level demand for electricity in Pakistan. The economy wide … estimation of electricity demand uses panel data from 63 countries from 1998-2008, and finds that the elasticity of demand for … lead to a 0.69% increase in the demand for electricity. The firm level analysis uses firm level data from the World Bank …

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The Implication of Incorporating Environmental Costs in Utility Rate Setting

Mariam, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

Electric and natural gas are the two major sources of energy for residents of Washington State. Several states have adopted a policy whereby utility companies decide on the choice of mixes of resources by incorporating cost effectiveness, conservation and externalities. Externalities could...

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China's hunt for oil in Africa in perspective

Zhang, ZhongXiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

China is concerned about the security of its sea-lanes for imports and desires to diversify its oil supplies from the Middle East in order to sustain economic growth. These concerns have sparked China’s interest in trying to ensure oil supplies from as many sources as possible and in reducing...

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Oil price shocks and their short- and long-term effects on the Chinese economy

Tang, Weiqi; Wu, Libo; Zhang, ZhongXiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

A considerable body of economic literature shows the adverse economic impacts of oil-price shocks for the developed economies. However, there has been a lack of empirical study of this kind on China and other developing countries. This paper attempts to fill this gap by answering how and to what...

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The world oil market, past and future

Chichilnisky, Graciela; Heal, Geoffrey - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1984

terms of the delayed responses of supply and demand to prices, and in terms of changes in the rate of discovery of reserves …

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