Ashani Abayasekara

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First Name:	Ashani
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Last Name:	Abayasekara
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Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka
http://www.ips.lk/
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Citations

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Working papers

1. Paul J. Burke & Ashani Abayasekara, 2017. "The Price Elasticity of Electricity Demand in the United States: A Three-Dimensional Analysis," CAMA Working Papers 2017-50, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
   • Paul J. Burke & Ashani Abayasekara, 2018. "The Price Elasticity of Electricity Demand in the United States: A Three-Dimensional Analysis," The Energy Journal, , vol. 39(2), pages 123-146, March.

   Cited by:

   1. Jan Smolen & Branislav Dudic, 2019. "Electricity Price and Demand Pattern Changes Due to Increases in Solar Generation in German Electricity Markets," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 9(1), pages 168-173.
   2. Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi & Taha Chaiechi & ABM Rabiul Alam Beg, 2018. "The impact of climate change on electricity demand in Australia," Energy & Environment, , vol. 29(7), pages 1263-1297, November.
   3. Feyzollahi, Maryam & Rafizadeh, Nima, 2025. "The price-emissions nexus in U.S. residential electricity markets," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
   4. David I. Okorie, 2021. "A network analysis of electricity demand and the cryptocurrency markets," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(2), pages 3093-3108, April.
   5. Simshauser, P., 2026. "Coordinating Coal Plant Closures: Transient Strategic Reserves in Transitioning Energy-Only Markets," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2627, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
      • Paul Simshauser, 2026. "Coordinating coal plant closures: transient strategic reserves in transitioning energy-only markets," Working Papers EPRG2605, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
   6. Simshauser, P., 2021. "Rooftop Solar PV and the Peak Load Problem in the NEM's Queensland Region," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2180, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
      • Paul Simshauser, 2021. "Rooftop solar PV and the peak load problem in the NEM’s Queensland region," Working Papers EPRG2125, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
      • Simshauser, Paul, 2022. "Rooftop solar PV and the peak load problem in the NEM's Queensland region," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
   7. Turner, Douglas C. & Sappington, David E.M., 2025. "Motivating cost reduction in regulated industries with rolling incentive schemes," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
   8. Keighton R. Allen & Thomas M. Fullerton, 2019. "Metropolitan Evidence Regarding Small Commercial and Industrial Electricity Consumption," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 9(6), pages 1-11.
   9. Massié, Camille & Belaïd, Fateh, 2024. "Estimating the direct rebound effect for residential electricity use in seventeen European countries: Short and long-run perspectives," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
      • Camille Massié & Fateh Belaïd, 2024. "Estimating the direct rebound effect for residential electricity use in seventeen European countries: Short and long-run perspectives," Post-Print hal-05288131, HAL.
   10. Lu, M. & Pollitt, M. G., 2025. "Will High Carbon Prices Reduce Fossil Fuel Use in China? Evidence from Price Elasticity Estimates using Firm Data," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2527, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
       • Mei Lu & Michael G Pollitt, 2025. "Will high carbon prices reduce fossil fuel use in China? Evidence from price elasticity estimates using firm data," Working Papers EPRG2508, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
   11. Y.-H. Henry Chen & John M Reilly & Sergey Paltsev, 2021. "The role of shale gas in shaping the U.S. long-run CO2 emissions," Energy & Environment, , vol. 32(4), pages 737-755, June.
   12. Woo, C.K. & Liu, Y. & Zarnikau, J. & Shiu, A. & Luo, X. & Kahrl, F., 2018. "Price elasticities of retail energy demands in the United States: New evidence from a panel of monthly data for 2001–2016," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 222(C), pages 460-474.
   13. Gustafsson, Johan & Ma, Xiaofei & Maih, Junior & Vesterberg, Mattias, 2025. "Macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy under an energy supply shock," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 203(C).
   14. Md. Main Uddin & Liang Choon Wang & Russell Smyth, 2020. "Do government-initiated energy comparison sites encourage consumer search and lower prices? Evidence from an online randomized controlled experiment in Australia," Monash Economics Working Papers 11-20, Monash University, Department of Economics.
       • Uddin, Main & Wang, Liang Choon & Smyth, Russell, 2021. "Do government-initiated energy comparison sites encourage consumer search and lower prices? Evidence from an online randomized controlled experiment in Australia," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 188(C), pages 167-182.
   15. Farrell, Niall, 2021. "The increasing cost of ignoring Coase: Inefficient electricity tariffs, welfare loss and welfare-reducing technological change," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
   16. Paul Simshauser & Joel Gilmore, 2025. "The counterfactual scenario: are renewables cheaper?," Working Papers EPRG2604, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
       • Simshauser, P. & Gilmore, J., 2025. "The Counterfactual Scenario: Are Renewables Cheaper?," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2626, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
   17. Jerzy Andruszkiewicz & Józef Lorenc & Agnieszka Weychan, 2019. "Demand Price Elasticity of Residential Electricity Consumers with Zonal Tariff Settlement Based on Their Load Profiles," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-22, November.
   18. Zhang, Chonghui & Wang, Zhen & Su, Weihua & Dalia, Streimikiene, 2024. "Differentiated power rationing or seasonal power price? Optimal power allocation solution for Chinese industrial enterprises based on the CSW-DEA model," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 353(PB).
   19. Levitt, Clinton J. & Lovell, Skylar, 2025. "Market share, plant ownership, and the merit-order effect of renewable resources: Evidence from Australia’s National Electricity Market," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
   20. Mamkhezri, Jamal, 2025. "Assessing price elasticity in US residential electricity consumption: A comparison of monthly and annual data with recession implications," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 200(C).
   21. Monica Robayo-Abril & Jonathan Karver & Britta Rude & Ailin Tomio & Alessandro Silvestri & Kiyomi Cadena, 2024. "Understanding and Addressing Energy Poverty in Romania," World Bank Publications - Reports 42158, The World Bank Group.
   22. Yang, Yuting, 2020. "Electricity Interconnection with Intermittent Renewables," TSE Working Papers 20-1075, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
       • Yang, Yuting, 2022. "Electricity interconnection with intermittent renewables," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
   23. Nor Salwati Othman & Nurul Hezlin Mohamed Hariri, 2021. "Estimating the Causality and Elasticities of Residential Electricity Consumption for Malaysia," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 11(6), pages 335-346.
   24. Simshauser, Paul & Gilmore, Joel, 2026. "On the electrification of gas loads in Australia's national electricity market," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 208(C).
   25. Jamalzadeh, Saeed & Barker, Kash & González, Andrés D. & Radhakrishnan, Sridhar & Bessarabova, Elena, 2025. "Infrastructure network protection under uncertain impacts of weaponized disinformation campaigns," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 660(C).
   26. Simshauser, P., 2203. "The 2022 Energy Crisis: horizontal and vertical impacts of policy interventions in Australia's National Electricity Market," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2307, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
       • Paul Simshauser, 2022. "The 2022 energy crisis: horizontal and vertical impacts of policy interventions in Australia's national electricity market," Working Papers EPRG2216, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
   27. Harry Humes & Niall Farrell, 2025. "The equity and efficiency effects of energy subsidy cost-recovery," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 23(4), pages 1309-1335, December.
   28. Akihiro Otsuka, 2024. "Price Elasticity of Electricity Consumption in Japan, 1990 to 2015," SAGE Open, , vol. 14(1), pages 21582440241, February.
   29. Crampes, Claude & Lefouili, Yassine, 2021. "Green Energy Pricing for Digital Europe," TSE Working Papers 21-1209, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
       • Claude Crampes & Yassine Lefouili, 2021. "Green energy pricing for digital europe," Post-Print hal-03352748, HAL.
   30. Jing Liang & Yueming Qiu & Bo Xing, 2021. "Social Versus Private Benefits of Energy Efficiency Under Time-of-Use and Increasing Block Pricing," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 78(1), pages 43-75, January.
   31. Cuong Viet Nguyen, 2026. "The Short-term Effect of Tariff Increases on Household Electricity Consumption: Evidence from a Country in Transition," Economic Alternatives, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 1, pages 135-157, March.
   32. Blijlevens, Janneke & Chuah, Swee-Hoon & Neelim, Ananta & Prasch, Johanna E. & Skali, Ahmed, 2024. "Not all about the money: Service quality information improves consumer decision-making," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 228(C).
   33. Ignacio Mauleón, 2020. "Economic Issues in Deep Low-Carbon Energy Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-32, August.
   34. Farrell, Niall & Humes, Harry, 2022. "Diminishing deadweight loss through energy subsidy cost recovery," Papers WP727, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
   35. Chen, Yu-Fu & Mu, Xiaoyi, 2021. "Asymmetric volatility in commodity markets," Journal of Commodity Markets, Elsevier, vol. 22(C).
   36. Cédric Clastres & Haikel Khalfallah, 2020. "Retailers' strategies facing demand response and markets interactions," Working Papers hal-03167543, HAL.
   37. Milstein, I. & Tishler, A. & Woo, C.K., 2025. "Modeling the effects of photovoltaic technology, battery storage, and electric vehicles on Israel's electricity market from 2030 to 2050," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).

Articles

1. Ashani Abayasekara & Neluka Gunasekara, 2019. "Determinants of youth not in education, employment or training: Evidence from Sri Lanka," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(4), pages 1840-1862, November.

   Cited by:

   1. Claudia Petrescu & Bogdan Voicu & Christin Heinz-Fischer & Jale Tosun, 2024. "Conceiving of and politically responding to NEETs in Europe: a scoping review," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, December.
   2. Sileshi, Million & Jemal, Kedir & Feyisa, Bekele Wegi, 2024. "Determinants of school dropouts and the impact on youth unemployment: Evidence from Ethiopia," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 48(4).
   3. Mariana Balan & Carmen Uzlau, 2025. "Structural Changes of the NEET Youth Group," Economics and Applied Informatics, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, issue 2, pages 235-242.
   4. Levent Şahin & Halis Yunus Ersöz & İbrahim Demir & Muhammed Erkam Kocakaya & Osman Akgül & Abdullah Miraç Bükey, 2023. "The Relationship between Cause and Effect Dimensions of Young People’s Being “Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET)” in Turkey," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-19, October.
   5. Balan Mariana & Uzlau Carmen & Radu Brindusa, 2025. "The Specifics Of The Neets Population In Romania Within The European Context," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 5, pages 196-210, October.

2. Abayasekara, Ashani & Arunatilake, Nisha, 2018. "School-level resource allocation and education outcomes in Sri Lanka," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 127-141.

   Cited by:

   1. de Silva, Tiloka, 2025. "The impact of Covid-19 disruptions on primary education: Evidence from the national grade 5 scholarship examination in Sri Lanka," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
   2. Chen, Lipeng & Yu, Yang & Addis, Amsalu K. & Guo, Xiao, 2022. "Empirical Assessment and Comparison of Educational Efficiency between Major Countries across the World," MPRA Paper 112562, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Mar 2022.
      • Lipeng Chen & Yang Yu & Amsalu K. Addis & Xiao Guo, 2022. "Empirical Assessment and Comparison of Educational Efficiency between Major Countries across the World," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-17, March.
   3. Kyriakides, Leonidas & Stylianou, Andreas & Eliophotou Menon, Maria, 2019. "The link between educational expenditures and student learning outcomes: Evidence from Cyprus," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 1-1.
   4. de Silva, Tiloka & Gothama, Supun & Premakumara, Priyantha, 2021. "Admissions quotas in university education: Targeting and mismatch under Sri Lanka’s affirmative action policy," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

3. Ashani Abayasekara, 2013. "GSP+ Removal and the Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 14(2), pages 293-316, September.

   Cited by:

   1. Shah Mehmood WAGAN, 2015. "Export boost of textile industry of Pakistan by availing EU’s GSP Plus," Journal of Economics Library, KSP Journals, vol. 2(1), pages 18-27, March.
   2. Prema†chandra Athukorala & Raveen Ekanayake, 2018. "Repositioning in the global apparel value chain in the post†MFA era: Strategic issues and evidence from Sri Lanka," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 36(S1), pages 247-269, March.
   3. Jayatilleke S. Bandara & Athula Naranpanawa, 2015. "Garment Industry in Sri Lanka and the Removal of GSP Plus by EU," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(9), pages 1438-1461, September.
   4. Wagan, Shah Mehmood, 2015. "Export boost of Textile Industry of Pakistan by availing EU’s GSP Plus," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 18-27.
   5. Prema-chandra Athukorala & Raveen Ekanayake, 2014. "Repositioning in the Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post-MFA Era: Strategic Issues and Evidence from Sri Lanka," Departmental Working Papers 2014-17, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.

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1. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2017-08-20

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