Electricity demand elasticities and temperature: Evidence from panel smooth transition regression with instrumental variable approach

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 896-902

  Lee, Chien Chiang ^a   Chiu, Yi Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electricity consumption; Nonlinearity; Panel smooth transition regression; Real income; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DEMAND FUNCTION; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; ENDOGENEITY; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NON-LINEARITY; OECD COUNTRIES; REAL INCOME; SMOOTH TRANSITIONS; TIME DYNAMIC; U-SHAPED;

COSTS; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICITY;

COMMODITY PRICE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; OECD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052154472     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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