Short and long-run elasticities in US residential electricity demand: A co-integration approach

Energy Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-513

  Silk, Julian I ^a   Joutz, Frederick L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Error correction models; Residential electricity; Short and long run elasticities

Indexed keywords

RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND;

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ERROR CORRECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY DEMAND; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

USA;

EID: 0031251770     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(97)01027-X     Document Type: Article

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