Relative energy price and investment by European firms

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 721-731

  Ratti, Ronald A ^a,b   Seol, Youn ^c   Yoon, Kyung Hwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Economic Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dynamic investment model; Energy price; European firms

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT COSTS; BIAS ESTIMATION; BUSINESS CYCLES; DYNAMIC PANELS; ENERGY PRICES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN FIRMS; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; INVESTMENT MODELS; MEDIUM SIZED FIRMS; RELATIVE ENERGIES; RELATIVE PRICES;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; EULER EQUATIONS; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

INVESTMENTS;

BUSINESS CYCLE; ENERGY MARKET; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 80052147640     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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