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Response to extreme energy price changes : evidence from Ukraine

Alberini, Anna; Khymych, Olha; Scasny, Milan - 2017

Large but temporary price increases are sometimes deployed on days when the demand for electricity is extremely high …). We exploit variation in tariffs over time and across customers to estimate the price elasticity of electricity demand … changes? Second, is there evidence of heterogeneity in the price elasticity of electricity demand driven by dwelling or …

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The elasticity of electricity demand and carbon emissions reductions in the residential sector: evidence from a tariff shift in Russia

Turdaliev, Salim - 2021

In this paper, I estimate the price elasticity of residential electricity demand using household-level panel data for … different tier cut-offs. Based on these results, I estimate the price elasticity of electricity demand to be around -0.09. I …

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Hourly demand for electricity in Sweden : implications for load, welfare and emissions

Karimu, Amin; Krishnamurthy, Chandra Kiran B.; … - 2019

tariffs, we investigate the welfare and emission implications of moving to a mandatory dynamic pricing scheme. We treat demand … during different hours of a day to affect utility differently, and account for the derived nature of electricity demand by … explicitly considering the services (end-use demands) that drive hourly electricity demand. We use the flexible EASI demand …

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Is there a green paradox?

Hoel, Michael - 2010

A sufficiently rapidly rising carbon tax may increase near-term emissions compared with the case of no carbon tax. Even so, such a carbon tax path may reduce total costs related to climate change, since the tax may reduce total carbon extraction. A government cannot commit to a specific carbon...

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Copenhagen and beyond : reflections on China's stance and responses

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010 - This version: March 2010

China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations at Copenhagen, the accusations previously always targeted on the U.S. To put such a criticism into perspective, this paper provides some reflections on China's stance and...

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Is there a green paradox?

Hoel, Michael - 2010

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Market power rents and climate change mitigation : a rationale for coal taxes?

Richter, Philipp M.; Mendelevitch, Roman; Jotzo, Frank - 2015

In this paper we investigate the introduction of an export tax on steam coal levied by an individual country (Australia), or a group of major exporting countries. The policy motivation would be twofold: generating tax revenues against the background of improved terms-of-trade, while CO2...

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