Aggregate demand for electricity in South Africa: An analysis using the bounds testing approach to cointegration

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4167-4175

  Amusa, Hammed ^a   Amusa, Kafayat ^b   Mabugu, Ramos ^a  

^a FINANCIAL AND FISCAL COMMISSION   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Electricity demand; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AUTO-REGRESSIVE; BOUNDS TESTING; COINTEGRATION; DEMAND MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY DEMAND; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY PRICING; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; IS COSTS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; PRICING POLICY; RAPID RATE; RESOURCE USE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGGREGATES; COMPETITION; COSTS; ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY USE; PRICING POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349098159     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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