Natural gas consumption and economic growth: Are we ready to natural gas price liberalization in Iran?

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 638-645

  Heidari, Hassan ^a   Katircioglu, Salih Turan ^b   Saeidpour, Lesyan ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Iran; Natural gas consumption

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ESTIMATION RESULTS; IRAN; NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION; NATURAL GAS PRICE; POLICY MAKERS; PRODUCTION MODELING;

ECONOMICS; NATURAL GAS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS SUPPLY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LIBERALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

IRAN;

EID: 84887165340     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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