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An empirical analysis of energy demand in Namibia

✍ Scribed by G. De Vita; K. Endresen; L.C. Hunt

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 287 KB
Volume: 34
Category: Article
ISSN: 0301-4215
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.07.016

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✦ Synopsis

Using a unique database of end-user local energy data and the recently developed Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration, we estimate the long-run elasticities of the Namibian energy demand function at both aggregated level and by type of energy (electricity, petrol and diesel) for the period 1980-2002. Our main results show that energy consumption responds positively to changes in GDP and negatively to changes in energy price and air temperature. The differences in price elasticities across fuels uncovered by this study have significant implications for energy taxation by Namibian policy makers. We do not find any significant cross-price elasticities between different fuel types.

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