Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: An Overview from 30,000 Feet -- 1 The Three Conflicting Goals of Energy Policy -- 2 The End of Cheap Oil? -- 3 Oil Security in an Increasingly Insecure World -- 4 Climate Change and the Search for Clean Energy -- 5 Climate Change and the Difficult...

This paper contrasts the performance of heterogeneous and shrinkage estimators versus the more traditional homogeneous panel data estimators. The analysis utilizes a panel data set from 21 French regions over the period 1973–1998 and a dynamic demand specification to study the gasoline demand...

This paper contrasts the performance of heterogeneous and shrinkage estimators versus the more traditional homogeneous panel data estimators. The analysis utilizes a panel data set from 21 French regions over the period 1973-1998 and a dynamic demand specification to study the gasoline demand in...