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The Impact of SADC Trade on Energy Use

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  • Marcel Kohler

    (Senior Lecturer, Division of Economics & Finance, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Funding for this research was provided by the Trade and Industries Policy Secretariat, South Africa. Office J367, J Block, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, University Road, Westville, 3630, South Africa (kohler@ukzn.ac.za))

Abstract

SADC’s competitiveness in many industrial products is dependent on its abundant natural resources, resulting in significant trade in natural resource (and in some cases energy) based products. These mining and manufacturing goods have benefited from the region’s policy of subsidising industrial energy prices. There is thus sufficient reason to believe that SADC’s trade in industrial goods has a significant impact on the energy requirements of the countries within the region. This study adopts a structural input-output approach to test the extent to which this hypothesis is valid. The effects that SADC industry trade components have on the region’s energy use patterns are then decomposed using the refined Laspeyres technique in order to establish the underlying causes of change in the country’s energy requirements. JEL Classification: Q56

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  • Marcel Kohler, 2010. "The Impact of SADC Trade on Energy Use," Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, , vol. 22(3), pages 253-283, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jinter:v:22:y:2010:i:3:p:253-283
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    Keywords

    Energy Use; Trade; Decomposition;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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