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The time-varying elasticity of South African electricity demand: 1980–2018

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  • Cobus Vermeulen
  • Kabelo Masike

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This study estimates the price and income elasticity coefficients of domestic South African electricity demand for the period 1980 to 2018, considering both the aggregate economy as well as the mining sector in isolation. South African electricity prices were falling in real terms between 1983–2005. It then increased sharply in response to substantial tariff increases […]

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  • Cobus Vermeulen & Kabelo Masike, 2020. "The time-varying elasticity of South African electricity demand: 1980–2018," Working Papers 839, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:839
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    Keywords

    Africa; Discrimination; Energy Sector; Market Regulation; Quantitative Methods;
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    JEL classification:

    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
    • D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices

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