The Government of Macedonia (GOM) plans to launch a National Program for Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings (NPEEPB, or "the program") to achieve energy efficiency (EE) improvements in the buildings sector and meet the strategic targets outlined in the energy development strategy of the...

While providing affordable warmth to the urban poor is among the main challenges facing many developing countries, so far there has been no empirical work on the demand for space heating for the urban poor in developing countries. One explanation for this gap in the literature is that the urban...

The main features of the Peruvian petroleum sector are described with special reference to the development of the institutional regulation of the industry since the early sixties. An econometric model has been developed to study the determinants of historical investment and production patterns...

This paper presents a model of resource extraction based on two of its key aspects: investment and taxation. A mining firm is considered which may be in an environment of perfect competition or have a monopoly. It plans to extract from a fixed stock of resources. Before extraction begins, the...