The March 11, 2011 tragedy at the Fukushima Daiichi power station in Japan immediately etched its place in history as arguably the most noteworthy of the three nuclear energy disasters to date. This Article surveys the response to Fukushima both in Japan and worldwide. It observes that rather...

Turkish Abstract: Enerji tüketimi ve ekonomik büyüme ilişkisi geçmişten günümüze gerek teorik gerekse uygulama yönünden önemli tartışma konularından birisidir. Günlük hayatımızda vazgeçilmez bir yere sahip olan enerji tüketimi, her geçen gün daha önemli hale gelmektedir....

Turkish Abstract: Bu çalışmada zengin petrol ve doğalgaz kaynaklarına sahip ve dünyanın en hızlı büyüyen ekonomilerinden biri olan Azerbaycan'ın Türkiye'nin enerji sektörüne yapmış olduğu yatırımlar ve bu yatırımların Azerbaycan - Türkiye Ekonomik ilişkilerine pozitif...

English Abstract: After gaining independence Azerbaijan started to attract badly needed foreign investment into the country. Increasing in the amount of the investments directing to the development of the oil and non – oil sectors of our republic by the government for the development of this...

This paper estimates the causal relationships between energy consumption and income for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Macedonia (CESEE - Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe countries), using cointegration and error-correction modelling techniques. The results indicate that...

Ghana's power crises has affected businesses, individuals and institutions. Generally, it has been blamed on geographical factors (low water level in the dam), lack of funds to buy light crude oil and unavailability of natural gas. This working paper seeks to examine the impact of lack of...

Following four years of relative stability at around $105 per barrel, oil prices have declined sharply since June 2014. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the sources of the recent decline in prices, and examines its macroeconomic, financial and policy implications. The recent drop...

This paper examines the integration between the prices of different types of physical (upstream/end-use) and futures contracts of natural gas in the US for the period of June 1990-Dec 2014. To examine the equilibrium relationship between physical and futures prices, several cointegration tests,...

Subsidies have become a crucial topic nowadays for many developing countries due to the fluctuations in international fuel prices. Many developing nations (both importers and exporters of fossil fuels) are trying to phase out subsidies due to the burden it exerts on the fiscal budget. Many...