Change in consumer sensitivity to electricity prices in response to retail deregulation: A panel empirical analysis of the residential demand for electricity in the United States

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2470-2476

  Nakajima, Tadahiro ^a   Hamori, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Panel cointegration; Residential electricity; Retail deregulation

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ELECTRICITY PRICES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PANEL COINTEGRATION; PANEL DATA; PRICE ELASTICITY; RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY; RETAIL ELECTRICITY MARKETS;

COMMERCE; COSTS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; SALES; TIME SERIES;

DEREGULATION;

COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEREGULATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RETAILING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649190511     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.12.041     Document Type: Article

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