Incorporating the value of changes in price volatility into cost-benefit analysis-an application to oil prices in the transport sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 573-579

  Jensen, Thomas C ^a   Møller, Flemming ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Price volatility; Supply security

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND STANDARDS; FUEL PRICES; OIL PRICES; POLICY ASSESSMENT; PORTFOLIO THEORIES; PRICE VOLATILITY; RISK AVERSE; RISK AVERSION; SECURITY OF SUPPLY; SUPPLY SECURITY; TRANSPORT SECTORS; VOLATILE PRICES;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; NETWORK SECURITY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; OIL SUPPLY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 71649088073     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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