Market-driven coal prices and state-administered electricity prices in China

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-175

  Liu, Ming Hua ^a   Margaritis, Dimitris ^b   Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asymmetric adjustment; China; Coal price; Electricity prices; Error correction model

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC ADJUSTMENT; ASYMMETRIC EQUILIBRIUM; CHINA; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY PRICING; ERROR CORRECTION MODELS; LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS; RAW MATERIALS COSTS;

COAL; ELECTRICITY; ERROR CORRECTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

COSTS;

COAL; COMMODITY PRICE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY USE; ERROR CORRECTION; GOVERNMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 84880993869     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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