Estimating the residential demand function for natural gas in Seoul with correction for sample selection bias

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 460-465

  Yoo, Seung Hoon ^a   Lim, Hea Jin ^b   Kwak, Seung Jun ^c  

^a Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^b Economic Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Natural gas demand; Non response; Sample selection model

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; HOUSING; NATURAL GAS;

DEMAND FUNCTION; DUMMY VARIABLES; ESTIMATION RESULTS; NATURAL GAS DEMAND; NON-RESPONSE; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SAMPLE SELECTION BIAS; SAMPLE SELECTION MODELS;

GASES;

ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; NATURAL GAS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 58149102187     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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