An overview of the electricity externality analysis in South Africa within the international context

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 106, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages

  Thopil, George A ^a   Pouris, Anastassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electricity externalities; Eskom; Extrme; GDP; Valuation

Indexed keywords

COAL; CURRENCY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78649878838     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v106i11/12.248     Document Type: Review

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