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Demand for gasoline is more price-inelastic than it is commonly thought
Havránek, Tomáš; Iršová, Zuzana; Janda, Karel - 2011
gasoline demand. We conduct a quantitative survey of the estimates of elasticity reported for various countries around the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322185
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Why Are Peak Loads Observed during Winter Months in Korea?
Kim, Jee Young; Oh, Hyungna; Choi, Kyung-Mee - In: KDI Journal of Economic Policy 41 (2019) 1, pp. 43-58
in the temperature, regardless of the season there should be another cause of the increased demand for electricity in …
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Price elasticities of electricity demand in Switzerland: Results from a household panel
Volland, Benjamin; Tilov, Ivan - 2018
of residential electricity demand in Switzerland. We exploit Switzerland's unique local variation in topography …
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"Wild" Tariff Schemes: Evidence from the Republic of Georgia
Alberini, Anna; Bezhanishvili, Levan; Scasny, Milan - 2021
left of it. This is in contrast with the "bunching" pattern predicted by Borenstein (2009) when demand is not completely … that the implied price elasticity of electricity demand is in both cases -0.3. Finally, we fit an electricity demand …
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Sectoral electricity demand and direct rebound effect in New Zealand
Nepal, Rabindra; Al Irsyad, Muhammad Indra; Jamasb, Tooraj - 2020
important role in meeting the growing demand for electricity but rebound effect can affect the effectiveness of conservation … policies. We decompose the sectoral electricity prices to capture the asymmetric demand response to electricity price changes … and estimate electricity demand elasticity during 1980 and 2015 to estimate the sectoral rebound effects. We find partial …
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Can uncertainty justify overlapping policy instruments to mitigate emissions?
Lecuyer, Oskar; Quirion, Philippe - 2012
This article constitutes a new contribution to the analysis of overlapping instruments to cover the same emission sources. Using both an analytical and a numerical model, we show that when the risk that the CO2 price drops to zero and the political unavailability of a CO2 tax (at least in the...
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Why are the stakes so high? Misconceptions and misunderstandings in China's global quest for energy security
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012
China's global quest for resources, in particular oil and natural gas, has received unprecedented worldwide attention and scrutiny. This is partly because of China's own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies' acquisitions in the key exporting regions of oil and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294307
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What Does Europe Pay for Clean Energy? Review of Macroeconomic Simulation Studies
Dannenberg, Astrid; Mennel, Tim; Moslener, Ulf - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297887
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Phasing out Nuclear Power in Europe
Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf; Hallre, Hilde - 2015
. Whereas the 2030 EU target for the renewable share in final energy demand is (at least) 27 percent, we find that after a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307073
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Energy Efficiency Policy with Price-quality Discrimination
Nauleau, Marie-Laure; Giraudet, Louis-Gaëtan; Quirion, … - 2015
We compare a range of energy efficiency policies in a durable good market subject to both energy-use externalities and price-quality discrimination by a monopolist. We find that the social optimum can be achieved with differentiated subsidies. With ad valorem subsidies, the subsidization of the...
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