04/01914 The impact of electricity supply on economic growth in Sri Lanka: Morimoto, R. and Hope, C. Energy Economics, 2004, 26, (1), 77–85
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6701
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✦ Synopsis
Altemafive energy sources (bioconversion energy)
This paper estimates residential, industrial, and total electricity demand by a partial-adjustment approach and by a simultaneous equation approach. Simultaneous equation models are more appropriate since they provide negative price elasticity estimates for the residential, industrial and total electricity samples. Flow-adjustment models yield positive price elasticity estimates in some cases, suggesting they fail to identify proper supply considerations that may be influencing prices. The simultaneous equation approach suggests that residential customers are more price sensitive than industrial customers. Weather seems to have the greatest impact on the residential sector, and cold weather appears to affect demand more than hot weather.