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Behavioural responses to energy-related taxes: a survey
A. Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A.C. Muskens, M.J. van Leeuwen - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 18 (2002) 2/3/4, pp. 202-217
This article examines behavioural responses to changes in energy prices by surveying the magnitude of energy price elasticities. Price elasticity estimates can be used to understand behavioural responses to changes in prices due to environmental taxes. A theoretical framework is presented...
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Does Energy Consumption Respond to Price Shocks? Evidence from a Regression-Discontinuity Design
Bastos, Paulo; Castro, Lucio; Cristia, Julian; … - 2014
This paper exploits unique features of a recently introduced tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires to estimate the short-run impact of price shocks on residential energy utilization. The schedule induces a non-linear and non- monotonic relationship between households’ accumulated...
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Some Economic Aspects of Energy Security
Labandeira, Xavier; Manzano, Baltazar - In: European Research Studies Journal XV (2012) Special Issue on Energy, pp. 47-64
Energy security is becoming an increasingly important issue in the energy domain. However, from an economic point of view, many questions related to energy security are still unclear: from its definition and the costs associated to insecurity, to the design of policies intended to reduce it. In...
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Demand for Gasoline Is More Price-Inelastic than Commonly Thought
Havránek, Tomáš; Iršová, Zuzana; Janda, Karel - Institut ekonomických studií, Univerzita Karlova v Praze - 2011
gasoline demand. We conduct a quantitative survey of the estimates of elasticity reported for various countries around the …
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Demand for gasoline is more price-inelastic than commonly thought
Havranek, Tomas; Irsova, Zuzana; Janda, Karel - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 1, pp. 201-207
gasoline demand. We conduct a quantitative survey of the estimates of elasticity reported for various countries around the …
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Dynamic demand for residential electricity in Taiwan under seasonality and increasing-block pricing
Hung, Ming-Feng; Huang, Tai-Hsin - In: Energy Economics 48 (2015) C, pp. 168-177
This paper studies the dynamic demand for residential electricity in Taiwan employing a monthly panel data set … significant seasonal difference in the demand for electricity between the summer and non-summer periods. Both the adjustment speed …
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Sectoral electricity demand and direct rebound effect in New Zealand
Nepal, Rabindra; Al Irsyad, Muhammad Indra; Jamasb, Tooraj - 2020
important role in meeting the growing demand for electricity but rebound effect can affect the effectiveness of conservation … policies. We decompose the sectoral electricity prices to capture the asymmetric demand response to electricity price changes … and estimate electricity demand elasticity during 1980 and 2015 to estimate the sectoral rebound effects. We find partial …
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Advertising to boost energy efficiency : the power of one campaign and natural gas consumption
Diffney, Seán; Lyons, Sean; Malaguzzi Valeri, Laura - 2009
In this paper we study the recent awareness and persuasion campaign launched by the Irish government to increase energy efficiency and we assess its effect on residential natural gas consumption. We first analyse changes in the daily consumption of natural gas and find that advertising leaflets...
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Deterministic Choice Set Variation in Demand Estimation - with an Application to Consumption Rivalry in the EV Public Charging Market
Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2020
taken into account, biased estimates of demand result. Researchers however often lack exact information on temporal … improves predictions of individual choice and the aggregate demand estimates for local charging facilities …
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Operating Reserve Demand Curve, Scarcity Pricing and Intermittent Generation : Lessons from the Texas ERCOT Experience
Bajo-Buenestado, Raúl - 2019
requirements or to forward markets. The Operating Reserve Demand Curve (ORDC), which is linked to short-term market conditions and …
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