This paper analyzes the influence of the long-run decline in U.S. energy intensity on projections of energy use and carbon emissions to the year 2050. We build on our own recent work which decomposes changes in the aggregate U.S. energy-GDP ratio into shifts in sectoral composition (structural change) and adjustments in the energy demand of individual industries (intensity change), and identifi...

plentifulness of oil resources on the one hand, and serious economic challenges in the course of development of the country, on the other hand, makes the optimum use of these resources a considerable issue in achieving the goals of sustainable development. iran’s experience in establishing exchange reserve account (era) during 2000-2005 indicates that its main function is saving the surplus rev...

Background: Recently, several papers have assessed land use consequences of biofuel expansion. In the absence of empirical evidence, these papers assigned subjective values to extensive margin (productivity of new croplands over productivity of existing croplands). Methods: This paper fills the gap in this area and provides a new data set which estimates land productivity at 0.5° × 0.5° (longit...

While the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is a well established tool used in economic analyses, it is often viewed as a blackbox because of the complexity of the model structure and the many assumptions made regarding the underlying calibration data and model parameters. To characterize the behavior of the CGE model, we perform a large-scale Monte Carlo experiment to examine its sens...

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected public health but also significantly impacted the economy. Bandung, a bustling city in Indonesia serving as satellite to capital, been hit hard due its high population density, mobility, and reliance on tourism, trade, transportation sectors. Using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model developed at interregional level of Indonesia, this study inv...