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Höhere Sicherheit der europäischen Erdgasversorgung durch Öffnung und Integration der Märkte
Holz, Franziska; von Hirschhausen, Christian - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 24, pp. 383-385
Die Sicherheit der europäischen Erdgasversorgung kann durch die konsequente Vollendung des europäischen Binnenmarktes erheblich gesteigert werden; Europa sollte in der Liberalisierung dem Vorbild der Vereinigten Staaten folgen. Russland kommt zwar auch künftig eine gewisse Bedeutung bei der...
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Energy Price Reform in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2018
pace and scale of the reform differ across energy types. This article discusses the evolution of price reforms for coal …
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Energy Prices, Subsidies and Resource Tax Reform in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014
energy types. This paper discusses the evolution of price reforms for coal, petroleum products, natural gas and electricity …
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Air pollution and infant mortality: Evidence from the expansion of natural gas infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
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Can Natural Gas Save Lives? Evidence from the Deployment of a Fuel Delivery System in a Developing Country
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2016
There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in …
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Indien: Entwicklung auf Kosten des Klimas
Haftendorn, Clemens; Freund, Karen; von Hirschhausen, … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 51/52, pp. 818-824
wird zum überwiegenden Teil mit Stromerzeugung aus Kohle betrieben. Trotz Reformstau im Strom- und Kohlesektor geht derzeit …
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Strategic behavior and international benchmarking for monopoly price regulation: The case of Mexico
Brito, Dagobert L.; Rosellón, Juan - 2010
This paper looks into various models that address strategic behavior in the supply of gas by the Mexican monopoly Pemex. The paper has three very strong technical results. First, the netback pricing rule for the price of domestic natural gas (based on a Houston benchmark price) leads to...
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Fracking: Sollte die umstrittene Methode der Erdgasförderung erlaubt werden?
Faulstich, Martin; Baron, Mechthild; Frenz, Walter; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 68 (2015) 01, pp. 7-21
Sollte die umstrittene Fracking-Methode in Deutschland für eine kommerzielle Nutzung erlaubt werden? Martin Faulstich und Mechthild Baron, Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen, kommen zu dem Ergebnis, dass Fracking energiepolitisch nicht notwendig ist und keinen maßgeblichen Beitrag zur...
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Greener and fairer: A progressive environmental tax reform for Spain
Böhringer, Christoph; Garcia-Muros, Xaquin; … - 2019
Environmental externalities call for the use of environmental taxes to get prices right and thereby reduce environmental pressures. To date, however, the Spanish government makes only limited use of environmental taxes. One major reason for the policy reluctance are concerns on the regressive...
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Without coal in the age of steam and dams in the age of electricity: an explanation for the failure of Portugal to industrialize before the Second World War
Henriques, Sofia Teives; Sharp, Paul - 2019
coal were prohibitively expensive for inland areas, which failed to industrialize. Coastal areas developed through steam …, but were constrained by limited demand from the interior. Second, we show that after the First World War, when other coal …-poor countries turned to hydro-power, Portugal relied on coal-based thermal-power, creating a vicious circle of high energy prices …
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