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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"gas price"”.
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Factors affecting the gas price elasticity of travel demand : implications for transportation emissions policy
… of two interrelated factors: 1) how high of a price increase is politically feasible to implement, and 2) the degree to which the driving public responds to the higher cost of driving. Both these factors vary over time. Given that carbon pricing and/or higher gas taxes are likely to take years …
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Hedging natural gas price risk by electric utilities : a comparison of fuel switching to financial contracts
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1994.
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General equilibrium impacts of new energy technologies on sectoral energy usage
The dissertation examines conditions under which gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology penetration shifts the crude oil-natural gas price ratio. Empirical research finds long-run relationships between crude oil and natural gas prices. Some studies include time trends that steadily evolve the pricing …
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The future of natural gas in China : effects of pricing reform and climate policy
… is currently targeting an increase in natural gas consumption as a part of broader national strategies to reduce the environmental (air pollution) impacts of the nation's energy system, which at present is still heavily reliant on coal. Natural gas is also being promoted in residential sector …
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The influence of gasoline prices and consideration sets on the fuel economy of new vehicle sales
… economy they purchase in response to changes in gas price. Yet the marketing literature suggests that consumers only consider a small number of vehicle makes/models - as few as 2-6 - when making their purchase decision. Given this, we consider the extent to which consumer's rational response to …
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Economic analysis of shale gas wells in the United States
Natural gas produced from shale formations has increased dramatically in the past decade and has altered the oil and gas industry greatly. The use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has enabled the production of a natural gas resource that was previously unrecoverable. Estimates of the …
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Trading natural gas in the Asia Pacific: Theory and evidence
… concerning supply risk, new trading players, price deregulation and market power pose continuing debates about the development of the gas trade in the Asia Pacific. This thesis presents several novel numerical models to analyse how these issues affect the gas markets. The research begins by …
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Towards the Development of Cost-Effective Decentralized Applications: An Investigation of Transaction Processing Times on the Ethereum Blockchain Platform
… pays for their transaction (i.e., the higher the gas price), the faster the transaction is likely to be processed. In turn, developing cost-effective ÐApps is far from trivial, as developers need to optimize the balance between cost (transaction fees) and user experience (transaction processing …
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Wie lassen sich die wirtschaftlichen und volkswirtschaftlichen Chancen von Hydraulic Fracturing als unkonventionelle Fördermethode von Erdgas im Rahmen der Energiewende bewerten?
Generally, it can be concluded that natural gas prices will stay constant or decrease slightly within the “Energiewende”. Nevertheless, factors such as geopolitical tensions or increased resistance to fracking in the US may have an influence. In the case of such an event, natural gas prices may …
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The influence of fuel price on an automaker's decision to lightweight cars via materials substitution
… with aluminum closures change with gas price. A process-based cost model is used to evaluate the costs of lightweighting with aluminum for six representative vehicles, and an industry choice-based conjoint decision analysis market model is used to evaluate the benefits of …
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A Comparison of Natural Gas Spot Price Linear Regression Forecasting Models
The market for natural gas in the United States follows a yearly price pattern of high prices during the winter heating season and lows during the summer months. During the winter heating season the daily and weekly price fluctuations for natural gas are normally related to ambient air temperature …
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Forecast of Chinese Investment in US Shale Gas
… growth of Chinese investment in the US shale gas industry in the short term (within the next 5 years) and in the long term (in more than 10 years). The thesis's purpose is to study the purpose, trend as well as the impact on China itself in China's recent asset acquisition activities in the US …
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Functions Fun: An iPad Educational Game for Teaching Mathematical Functions and Graphs
… and time, temperature and precipitation, and gas price and number of gallons. Teaching students to have quantitative thinking about functions can help them understand the rate of change for complicated functions and later succeed in learning Calculus. Traditional educational methods such as …
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Effect Of Cetane Number And Volatility On Autoignition And Combustion Of Alternative Fuels And Their Surrogates
… the crisis of crude oil reserves, increasing gas price, trade deficit, and homeland security enhances the interests in alternative fuels. </p> <p>Unlike conventional diesel fuel, alternative fuels have wide range of properties, such as volatility, cetane number, density, viscosity and lower …
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The relationship between crude oil and natural gas spot prices and its stability over time
… basis for a link between crude oil and natural gas prices was examined to determine whether one has existed in the past and exists in the present. Physical bases for a price relationship are examined. An econometric modeling exercise seeks to establish whether a stable price relationship exists …
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THE ECONOMICS OF GAS TURBINE COGENERATION.
… economic viability of cogeneration. Employing a gas turbine system as a representative installation, the variables used in the sensitivity study are presented along with the justification for the assignment of the baseline and study range values. A simplified method for analyzing the …
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Modelling natural gas market for sub-Sahara African region: investment and regulatory approaches
The study is modelling a natural gas market for sub-Sahara Africa. The abundance of natural gas amidst energy poverty in sub-Sahara Africa has been a concern. It is this concern that persuades the conduct of this research. Literature review indicates that this case of natural gas abundant resources …
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Essays in the evolving European natural gas markets
In this dissertation, liquidity, price volatility and integration are investigated in European natural gas markets. Liquidity in the one-month-ahead forward market is examined using tick-by-tick data and measures from financial markets. A time-varying multivariate approach is adopted to assess …
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Understanding and Designing for Perceptions of Trust in Rideshare Programs
Traffic congestion, high gas price and inadequate public transportation are major challenges for any country, business or individual. The traditional approach to solving these problems has been to improve public transportation and use greener energy. These approaches require huge investment, …
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Investigating Systemic Risk with Co-occurrence Networks – Studies from the fields of sovereign bond and energy markets
… volatility transfer in the European oil and gas industry The study examines dynamic volatility transmissions among European energy industry participants along the production lines of Upstream, Midstream, Downstream, and Integrated Oil Gas segments. Using Diebold-Yilmaz spillover index, during …
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