Electricity consumption in G7 countries: A panel cointegration analysis of residential demand elasticities

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4485-4494

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Smyth, Russell ^b   Prasad, Arti ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Panel cointegration; Residential electricity; Short and long run elasticities

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC RATES; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON EMISSIONS; PANEL COINTEGRATION; RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INCOME; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY;

EID: 34250800874     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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