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Evolution of Risks for Energy Companies from the Energy Efficiency Perspective: The Brazilian Case

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  • Marcos Perroni

    (Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Paran , PUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil,)

  • Luciano Luiz Dalazen

    (Department of Business Management Graduate Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Paran , PUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil,)

  • Wesley Vieira da Silva

    (Department of Business Management Graduate Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Paran , PUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil,)

  • Sergio Eduardo Gouv a da Costa

    (Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEPS), Pontifical Catholic University of Paran , PUCPR, Curitiba,)

  • Claudimar Pereira da Veiga

    (Brazil, 5Department of Business Management Graduate Program (PPAD), Pontifical Catholic University of Paran , PUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil.)

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate whether energy savings from energy efficiency programs in Brazil affected the risks taken by energy companies during the period 2000-2013, based on the following research question: can we assume that energy conservation programs affect return risks to electrical energy companies? The results obtained through risk assessment models, exponentially weighted moving averages, and the capital asset pricing model indicated that during periods of crisis, both volatility and required returns were higher, but during less difficult periods, risks taken were significantly reduced. Further, as research contribution, this research suggests the elimination the affirmative hypothesis that a possible increase in energy efficiency affects the risks taken by electrical energy companies.

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  • Marcos Perroni & Luciano Luiz Dalazen & Wesley Vieira da Silva & Sergio Eduardo Gouv a da Costa & Claudimar Pereira da Veiga, 2015. "Evolution of Risks for Energy Companies from the Energy Efficiency Perspective: The Brazilian Case," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 5(2), pages 612-623.
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    Keywords

    Capital Asset Pricing Model; PROCEL; Energy Conservation Programs;
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    JEL classification:

    • E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
    • M48 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy

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