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This paper evaluates alternative indicators of global economic activity and other market fundamentals in terms of their usefulness for forecasting real oil prices and global petroleum consumption. We find that world industrial production is one of the most useful indicators that has been...
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The report reviews key issues in energy trade and cooperation between the EU and CIS countries. It describes historical trends of oil and gas demand in the EU, other European and CIS countries and offers demand forecasts until 2030. Recent developments in oil and gas production and exports from...
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This paper analyzes the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) and energy demand. We construct a comprehensive cross-country cross-industry panel data set covering 13 years, 10 OECD countries, and 27 industries. Using up to 2889 country-industry observations, we find...
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in the presence of supra-national agreements such as EU 20-20-20. The potential for energy efficiency improvements in one … develops a general equilibrium analysis of increased efficiency in productive energy use, identifying a range of channels … efficiency in one nation does impact energy use in others. However, the sectoral and spatial distribution of positive and …
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We address the empirical question to which extent higher fuel efficiency of cars affects additional travel and how this … efficiency on the kilometers driven. That is, the lower the fuel consumption, the larger the driven distance. However …
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additional input in order to improve energy efficiency. It closes the gap between energy purchased and energy used effectively …
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Since 2009, electricity consumption has developed a unique seasonal pattern in South Korea. Winter loads have sharply increased, and they eventually exceeded summer peaks. This trend reversal distinguishes these load patterns from those in the USA and the EU, where annual peaks are observed...
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We report results from a large field experiment that with a few hours prior notice provided Danish residential consumers with dynamic price and environmental signals aimed at causing them to shift their consumption either into or away from certain hours of the day. The same marginal price signal...
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The general concern on the environmental implications of the rising demand for coal registered in China during the last few years has induced considerable research effort to produce accurate forecasts of China's energy requirements. Nevertheless, no previous study has modelled the coal demand in...
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that is driven by temperature changes, prices and income. The estimation is based on an unbalanced panel of 157 countries …-linearities in the impact of temperature on energy demand as well as temperature-income interactions. We find that oil, gas and … level of income. …
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