Price and expenditure elasticities of residential energy demand during urbanization: An empirical analysis based on the household-level survey data in China

Energy Policy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 56-63

  Sun, Chuanwang ^a,b   Ouyang, Xiaoling ^a,c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Almost Ideal Demand System model; Expenditure elasticity; Price elasticity; Residential energy demand; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; SURVEYS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; PRICE ELASTICITY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY DEMAND; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SYSTEM MODELING; URBANIZATION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84949657328     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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