Estimating Elasticity for Residential Electricity Demand in China
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Estimating Elasticity for Residential Electricity Demand in China
Residential demand for electricity is estimated for China using a unique household level dataset. Household electricity demand is specified as a function of local electricity price, household income, and a number of social-economic variables at household level. We find that the residential demand for electricity responds rather sensitively to its own price in China, which implies that there is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Scientific World Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1537-744X
DOI: 10.1100/2012/395629