the price elasticity of demand for coal in China using a panel of province-level data for the period 1998–2012. We find … evidence that provincial coal demand has become increasingly price elastic. As of 2012 we estimate that this elasticity was in …China's dependence on coal is a major contributor to local and global environmental problems. In this paper we estimate …

This study aims to estimate electricity demand functions in Japan's industrial and commercial sectors. We adopt data … elasticity is not a key determinant in electricity demand fluctuations. Furthermore, an analysis of the factors influencing … changes in electricity demand in the industrial sector suggests that the declining demand growth in large metropolitan areas …

We study the dynamics of residential electricity demand by exploiting a natural experiment that produced large and long … that the price elasticity of demand grows from -0.09 in the first six months to -0.27 two years later. We also estimate a …

of residential electricity demand in Switzerland. We exploit Switzerland's unique local variation in topography …-related grid maintenance costs and electricity taxation, to address endogeneity of average prices in our models. Using first … unity. Results thus suggest that a tax on electricity, as initially foreseen as a part of Switzerland's Energy Strategy 2050 …

This paper exploits unique features of a recently introduced tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires to … increase in the utility bill received by consumers causes a substantial and prompt decline in gas consumption. Hence they …

Decentralized systems seeking to balance electricity supply and demand regionally are increasingly being discussed … electricity demand and supply, (2) cluster regions with regard to the regional demand and supply fit and (3) evaluate demand … investigate the 2030 demand, supply, and demand-side flexibility for the German NUTS-3 regions. We (1) model the hourly regional …

natural gas, oil and electricity, for different market segments (households, industry, power generators) in EU countries …. Traditional tax incidence theory presumes spot markets. Natural gas in the EU-area, however, is to a large extent regulated by … bargaining power in contract renegotiations. By examining tax shifting in actual gas sales contracts we test whether this is the …