Armington elasticities for energy policy modeling: Evidence from four European countries

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2252-2264

  Welsch, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Armington elasticity; CGE modeling; Elasticity of substitution; Energy policy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENERGY POLICY; ESTIMATION; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENTS; MINERALS; ORES; PUBLIC POLICY;

CARBON TAXES; CLIMATE POLICIES; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM (CGE); CONSUMER GOODS; DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; LEAKAGE RATES; POLICY MODELING;

ELASTICITY;

COMPETITIVENESS; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ENERGY POLICY; IMPORT; MODELING; SUBSTITUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 48049121081     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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