Price and income elasticities of residential energy demand in Germany

Energy Policy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 512-528

  Schulte, Isabella ^a   Heindl, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Price elasticities

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; HOUSING; SPACE HEATING; TAXATION;

ECONOMIES OF SCALE; INCOME ELASTICITIES; OWN-PRICE ELASTICITIES; PRICE ELASTICITY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY DEMAND; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; WELFARE EFFECTS;

COST ESTIMATING;

ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

GERMANY;

EID: 85008373478     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.12.055     Document Type: Article

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