Essays about: "Gas Prices and the consumer"

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1. 1. Opposing Attitudes Towards Environmental Taxes: A Price Dilemma? A Case of the Swedish Attitudes on Gasoline Emission Taxes

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ignacio López Casanueva Arturo; Bergström Martin; [2023-06-29]
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   Abstract : This thesis investigates how people’s attitudes toward environmental taxes are shaped and whether changes in end-consumer prices of gasoline have a direct effect on carbon tax perception. A theoretical model is constructed to represent the individual’s choice problem using a utility function. READ MORE

3. 2. Techno-economic analysis of Energy Storage as a Service business models for prosumers in France

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Alice Lacroix; [2023]
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   Abstract : One of the current challenges for developed countries is the transformation of the entire electricity system. Ambitious objectives of renewable energy penetration in the electricity mixare established to reduce the energy sector’s greenhouse gas emissions rate and reach sustainability goals. READ MORE

4. 3. Do Geopolitical Risks Raise or Lower Inflation in Sweden?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Artur Henriksson; Carl Ahlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Geopolitical Risk; War; Inflation; Vector Autoregression; Sweden;

   Abstract : Using two main datasets, one annual from 1900 to 2022, and one monthly from 2012 to 2023, containing a geopolitical risk index and multiple inflationary factors for both Sweden and Denmark, we construct VAR models to estimate the effect geopolitical risk has on inflation. In our annual dataset, we find that higher geopolitical risks foreshadow higher inflation and lower economic activity in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 4. Sustainable Decision-Making in the Fashion Industry : How to influence the fashion industry to adopt more sustainable packaging solutions

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : Elin Enlund; Jennie Nilsson; [2021]
   Keywords : The fashion industry; sustainability; packaging; e-commerce; drivers; institutional logics; barriers; product development; decision-making; LCA; platform; B2B.; Modeindustrin; hållbarhet; förpackningar; e-handel; institutionella parametrar; barriärer; produktutveckling; beslutsfattande; plattform; B2B;

   Abstract : Today, the fashion industry is responsible for 4 per cent of the global greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and 20-35 per cent of the microplastics in the ocean. It is thereby a highly debated industry when it comes to environmental sustainability. READ MORE

6. 5. Natural gas storage level forecasting using temperature data

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

   Author : Daniel Sundin; [2020]
   Keywords : Natural gas storage forecasting; Natural gas storage; Natural gas; Storage forecasting; Forecasting; Futures; Futures forecasting; Natural gas futures forecasting; Least squares regression; Regression; Machine learning; Exponential Weighted Moving Average; Moving Average; EWMA; MA; Seasonality; Commodity futures; Optimisation; Inverse problems; Consumption forecasting; Production Forecasting; Residential; Commercial; Industrial; Electric power; NOAA; EIA; Pipelines; Polynomial; Weather stations;

   Abstract : Even though the theory of storage is historically a popular view to explain commodity futures prices, many authors focus on the oil price link. Past studies have shown an increased futures price volatility on Mondays and days when natural gas storage levels are released, which could both implicate that storage levels and temperature data are incorporated in the prices. READ MORE