policy promoting energy efficiency, increasing investments in natural gas production and bringing the natural gas price on … the domestic market closer to long term cost recovery. We will approach the issue of gas pricing through taxation of … significant improvement in energy efficiency, if prices are gradually increased for both consumers and industries alike …

The harmonization and integration of separate national energy markets to an interconnected internal European market is … a top priority of the European Commission. However, as energy policy largely remains subject to national sovereignty, a … that the phase-out triggered price increases of up to 19 percent in neighbouring countries whilst the renewable energy …

regressions, controlling for macroeconomic factors such as economic development, GDP growth, urbanisation, as well as the energy …

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

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 …

This paper analyses the macroeconomic costs of environmental regulation in European energy markets on the basis of … existing macroeconomic simulation studies. The analysis comprises the European emssion trading scheme, energy taxes, measures … in the transport sector, and the promotion of renewable energy sources. We find that these instruments affect the …

We explore the impact of an EU-wide nuclear phase-out by 2030 provided the EU energy and climate policy for 2030 is … implemented. Using a numerical simulation model of the European energy industry (LIBEMOD), we find that a complete nuclear phase … on total consumption of energy. Lower nuclear production is to a large extent replaced by more gas power and bio power …

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 …