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It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This belief is largely supported by observational...
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much the forecast would change relative to the baseline forecast under alternative scenarios about future oil demand and … evaluating the risks underlying these forecasts. We show how policy-relevant forecast scenarios can be constructed from recently … to these scenarios affect the upside and downside risks embodied in the baseline real-time oil price forecast. Such risk …
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-time forecasts of the real price of oil can be more accurate than the no-change forecast at horizons up to one year. In some cases … prices, forecasts based on AR and ARMA models, and the no-change forecast. In addition, these VAR models have consistently … forecasters to interpret their oil price forecast in light of economic models and to evaluate its sensitivity to alternative …
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The city of Montreal has taken recent initiatives to significantly reduce overall greenhouse (GHG) emissions from the transport sector and has made large investments in alternative transportation. In particular, the city has called upon the participation of all businesses and institutions to...
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werden. Die Prognose der Veränderungen auf regionaler Ebene zeigt, dass auch in einem baden-württembergischen Gunststandort … the milk quota regulation. The forecast shows that even in a favoured region for milk production, the overall output of …
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Die Preise für Heizöl und Erdgas sind um etwa 30% gestiegen, auch die Fernwärmepreise haben deutlich angezogen, dagegen sind die Strompreise nur leicht erhöht worden. Auch die langfristigen Zinsen, die zur Berechnung der Kapitalkosten herangezogen werden, sind höher als damals. Mit dieser...
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Seit dem letzten ifo Heizkostenvergleich zum Preisstand im Winter 1991/92 haben sich einige Eckdaten wesentlich geändert. Der Ölpreis befindet sich auf einem relativ niedrigen Niveau. Auch die Hypothekenzinsen sind vergleichsweise niedrig. Demgegenüber weisen die Bau- und Installationskosten...
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For European operators of biofuels plants there are not many hedge vehicles available to hedge operational margins. Cross hedges for rapeoil (with the rapeseed futures contract) and RME (with the NYMEX diesel futures contract) could be useful instruments. We use recent developments on threshold...
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This paper examines the relationship between spot and futures prices for a broad range of commodities, including energy, precious and base metals, and agricultural commodities. In particular, we examine whether futures prices are (1) an unbiased and/or (2) accurate predictor of subsequent spot...
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