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Interfuel substitution and technical change in the US electricity generating industry under the tradable sulphur allowance scheme: 1990–2004
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This paper uses monthly firm-level data to characterize fuel choice and technical change in the US electricity generating industry under the tradable sulphur allowance program. We use data covering the years 1990–2004 in a flexible translog cost function model to determine demand and substitution elasticities for the three main fossil fuel inputs (coal, oil, and natural gas) and the rate and direction of technical change. Capital is assumed fixed, implying a short run analysis. Three variable...
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- Published
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- Reviewed (other)
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- Publisher:
- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Publisher's website
- Series:
- OIES paper
- Publication date:
- 2008-01-01
- Paper number:
- EV40
- ISBN:
- 9781901795780
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- English
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- 2015-03-13
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- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
- Copyright date:
- 2008
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