Essays about: "Substitution Rate"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the words Substitution Rate.

  1. 21. Determinants to decreasing CO2 emissions in the Swedish residential sector: An empirical analysis of the policy instruments

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Alexandra Kenne; Disa Thornquist; [2014]
    Keywords : residential heating; environmental policy; CO2 emissions;

    Abstract : In the light of increasing awareness of households' energy-related behaviour and their response to environmental policies, it is important to analyze those instruments that have achieved their objective to promote proenvironmental behaviour. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the Swedish residential sector have decreased heavily since the 1990s, mainly due to households replacing their oil fired-boiler for an alternative heating system. READ MORE

  3. 22. Application of the Reflection Seismic Method in Monitoring CO2 Injection in a Deep Saline Aquifer in the Baltic Sea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Saba Joodaki; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Time-lapse reflection seismic methods have proven effective fordetecting and monitoring the injection and spreading of geologicallystored CO2. These methods are based on interpreting changes in themedia’s elastic properties that result from replacing the native salinewater by the injected CO2, which in turn affects the seismic velocitiesof the media. READ MORE

  4. 23. Directed technological change from an empirical perspective

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Stefanie Heidrich; [2010]
    Keywords : economic growth; resources; elasticity of substitution; Nerlove; factor shares;

    Abstract : Directed technological change is very important, since it determines(for instance) the rate of resource exploitation. The long term relationshipbetween resource prices and demand needs to be understood better,in the light of new theories which have been developed to a greatextent by Acemoglu; in Acemoglu’s model, there either exists a balancedgrowth path (complements) or a corner solution is approached(substitutes), depending on the elasticity of substitution. READ MORE

  5. 24. Chinese Basic Pension Substitution Rate: A Monte Carlo Demonstration of the Individual Account Model

    University essay from Statistik

    Author : Bei Dong; Ling Zhang; Xuan Lu; [2008]
    Keywords : Individual Account; Substitution Rate; Basic Pension System; Gibbs Sampling; MCMC.;

    Abstract : At the end of 2005, the State Council of China passed ”The Decision on adjusting the Individual Account of Basic Pension System”, which adjusted the individual account in the 1997 basic pension system. In this essay, we will analyze the adjustment above, and use Life Annuity Actuarial Theory to establish the basic pension substitution rate model. READ MORE

  6. 25. EVALUATION OF A BATCH SYSTEM, SMALL-SCALE BIO DIGESTER AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FUEL WOOD IN ADDRESSING DEFORESTATION IN THE RURAL NIGERIA

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

    Author : Ephraim Nduka Ugboh; [2008]
    Keywords : : Evaluation; Batch system; Small-Scale; Bio digester; Substitute; Fuel wood; Deforestation.;

    Abstract : Fuel wood cutting, collection and distribution in recent years have been one of the booming industries in Nigeria. Plagued with the problem of energy for domestic use, more than two third of Nigerians residing in the rural areas wholly depend on fuel wood energy for their household activities; cooking, heating and generation of warmth. READ MORE