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Back to the Future of Green Powered Economies

Cruz, Juan Moreno - 2012

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of power density [Watts/m²] into economics. By introducing an explicit spatial structure into a simple general equilibrium model we are able to show how the power density of available energy resources determines the extent of energy...

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Demand and Pricing in Electricity Markets : Evidence from San Diego During California's Energy Crisis

Reiss, Peter C. - 2003

We study the electricity consumption of San Diego-area households following a series of price changes and related events during California's energy crisis in 2000-01. The analysis uses a five-year panel of disaggregate billing and weather data for a random sample of 70,000 households. In...

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Global Energy Outlook 2015

Newell, Richard G. - 2016

China and India. Most projections show energy demand growing as much or more in absolute terms to 2040 than previous multi …

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Federal Tax Policy Towards Energy

Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2006

On Aug. 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PL 109-58). This was the first major piece of energy legislation enacted since 1992 following five years of Congressional efforts to pass energy legislation. Among other things, the law contains tax incentives worth over $14...

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How Pro-Poor Growth Affects the Demand for Energy

Gertler, Paul - 2013

Most of the future growth in energy use is forecast to come from the developing world. Understanding the likely pace and specific location of this growth is essential to inform decisions about energy infrastructure investments and to improve greenhouse gas emissions forecasts. We argue that...

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Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects of Electricity Shortages

Fisher-Vanden, Karen - 2012

technical efficiency. We examine how industrial firms responded to China's severe power shortages in the early 2000s. Fast …

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Why Has China Overinvested in Coal Power?

Ren, Mengjia - 2019

Since 2005, the Chinese government has engaged in an ambitious effort to move China's energy system away from coal and … towards more environmentally friendly sources of energy. However, China's investment in coal power has accelerated sharply in …. In this paper, we ask why China engaged in such a pronounced investment boom in coal power in the mid-2010s. We find the …

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Regulating Conglomerates in China : Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program

Chen, Qiaoyi; Chen, Zhao; Liu, Zhikuo; Suárez Serrato, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We study a prominent energy regulation affecting large Chinese manufacturers that are part of broader conglomerates. Using detailed firm-level data and difference-in-differences research designs, we show that regulated firms cut output and shifted production to unregulated firms in the same...

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The Impact of China on the Exports of Other Asian Countries

Eichengreen, Barry - 2004

We analyze the impact of China's growth on the exports of other Asian countries. Our innovation is to distinguish the … increase in China's demand for imports from its increased penetration of export markets. Using the gravity model, we … disaggregate among commodity types and account for the endogeneity of Chinese exports. We confirm the tendency for China's exports …

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Productivity Effects of TVE Privatization : The Case Study of Garment and Metal Casting Enterprises in the Greater Yangtze River Region

Sonobe, Tetsushi - 2003

and widely taking place in China, it is much less known whether and to what extent privatization has improved resource …

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