R. Nepal
Market-Related Reforms and Increased Energy Efficiency in Transition Countries: Empirical Evidence
Nepal, R.; Jamasb, T.; Tisdell, C.A.
Authors
T. Jamasb
C.A. Tisdell
Abstract
Energy efficiency improvement is a desirable response to growing climate change and security of energy supply concerns. This article studies the impacts of a varied set of macro-level market-oriented reforms as well as structural change on economy-wide measure of energy efficiency across a group of the transition countries. These countries experienced a rapid marketization process, which, since the early 1990s, transformed their economies from central planning towards market-driven models. We use a bias-corrected fixed-effect analysis technique to estimate this effect for the period 1990 to 2010. The results suggest that reforms aimed at market liberalization, financial sector and most infrastructure industries drove energy efficiency improvements. We find significant differences in improvements in energy efficiency between transitional Central European and Baltic States, South East Europe ones and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The reasons for these differences are also discussed.
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Nepal, R., Jamasb, T., & Tisdell, C. (2014). Market-Related Reforms and Increased Energy Efficiency in Transition Countries: Empirical Evidence. Applied Economics, 46(33), 4125-4136. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.952894
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Aug 26, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Aug 28, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 26, 2016 |
Journal | Applied Economics |
Print ISSN | 0003-6846 |
Electronic ISSN | 1466-4283 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 33 |
Pages | 4125-4136 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.952894 |
Keywords | Market reforms, Energy efficiency, Transition countries, Institutions. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1446280 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Applied Economics on 26/08/2014, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00036846.2014.952894.
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