A modern form of energy, in particular electricity for household use, is an important vehicle in alleviating poverty in developing countries. However, access and costs of connecting to this service for most poor in these countries is inconceivable. Policies promoting electricity connection in...

Modern forms of energy are an important vehicle towards poverty alleviation in rural areas of developing countries. Most developing countries' households rely heavily on wood fuel which impacts on their health and socio-economic status. To ease such a dependency, other modern forms of energy,...

The aim of this study is to determine the causal relationship between environmental taxes and economic growth, using different measures of environmental taxes with GDP as well as adjusted net savings. A panel of European countries and a separate panel of OECD countries are used from 1995 to 2006...

Modern forms of energy are an important vehicle towards poverty alleviation in rural areas of developing countries. Most developing countries' households rely heavily on wood fuel which impacts on their health and socio-economic status. To ease such a dependency, other modern forms of energy,...

This paper examines two tests commonly used to select random parameters in choice modelling: the Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test as proposed by McFadden and Train (2000) and the t-statistic of the deviation of the random parameter. A simulation exercise based on a real case study is carried out...

When local amenities are tied to natural land use features that cannot be developed for physical or regulatory reasons, the corresponding implicit price estimates from a hedonic housing model may reflect local supply constraints and confound estimation of natural amenity values. Using a spatial...

Identifier variables are prominent in most data files and, more often than not, are essential to fully use the information in a Stata dataset. However, rendering them in the proper format and relevant number of digits appropriate for data management and statistical analysis might pose unnerving...