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approach consists in evaluating the effect on the manufacturing sector of an improvement in efficiency on electricity … quality and reliability in electricity distribution and production, it indeed embodies a positive shock. The main result is a … effect on production implied by consumption of electricity is smaller as industry generates in a higher proportion its own …
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her energy market; namely, electricity, natural gas, petroleum and liquefied petroleum gas industries, which requires … also lists some policy suggestions with crucial importance. Since the rapid electricity demand growth is the most … contentious reason behind the recent reforms; the dissertation specifically focuses on the issue by both providing an electricity …
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resources such as electricity and gas that are not captured by market prices. Washington State possesses diverse resources that … rate setting on i) changes in the prices of energy or utility rates, and ii) its contribution toward reducing emissions of …
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(apples, watermelons, melons, grapes), potatoes, sugar beet, good quality wine production. In this study are analyzed … indicators on the evolution of cultivated surfaces, yields and prices for main crops: the average annual rate of growth …
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The paper is a review of possible consequences and challenges presented by high oil prices in Pakistan. Pakistan is … resources. The rising oil prices in the international market has had effected negatively balance of payment position as well as … development oil will remain an important source of energy. The government should chalk out strategies for ensuring efficiency in …
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Many financial studies are based on the efficient capital markets hypothesis. In this context, testing the existence of this concept becomes an interesting field of study for the emerging capital market. The aim of this paper is to enlighten the difficulties of portfolio construction in a...
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This paper investigates sensitivity of U.S. natural gas price to crude oil price changes, using time-varying coefficient models. Identification of the range of variation of the sensitivity of natural gas price to oil price change allows more accurate assessment of upper and minimum risk levels...
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efficient after the Big Bang deregulation. However, the real bottom line of performance, profit efficiency, declined. In … profitability and efficiency declines on the whole, and the main targets of the deregulation, the big city, trust and long … success? Focusing on the Big Bang’s stated objectives of promoting profitability and efficiency, this study examines the …
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on commodity, especially agricultural commodity, prices have gone up sharply after the introduction of commodity futures …
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, informational efficiency and volatility, synthesised by the index’s dynamic. This paper is oriented on the financial sector of the … some evidences of a weak form of sector efficiency, and identify the presence of connections between the BET-FI index and … the other indexes. Also some important mutations of the BET-FI short term volatility are registered …
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