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Assessing the impact of antibiotic policies in Europe
(2012)QuadernoBecause of evidence of causal association between antibiotic use and bacterial resistance, the implementation of national policies has emerged as a interesting tool for controlling and reversing bacterial resistance. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of public policies on antibiotic use in Europe using a dfferences-in-dfferences approach. Comparable data on systemic administered antibiotics in 21 European countries are available ...Working Paper -
Analysing the Impact of ENERGY STAR Rebate Policies in the US
(2012)CEPE Working PaperIn this paper we estimate the impact of rebate policies in various US states on the share of sales of ENERGY STAR household appliances between 2001 and 2006. We use a difference-in-difference approach to exploit the variation in the rebate policies over time and across US states to estimate their effect on the share of sales of ENERGY STAR household appliances. To account for the possibility of an endogenous rebate policy we use an ...Working Paper -
Residential electricity demand for Spain: new empirical evidence using aggregated data
(2012)CEPE Working PaperWorking Paper -
Assessing the impact of national antibiotic campaigns in Europe
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Determinants of energy efficient renovation decisions of slovenian homeowners
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An empirical analysis of habit and addiction to antibiotics
(2011)Department of Economics and Technology Management, University of Bergamo: Working PapersWorking Paper -
Estimating dynamic consumption of antibiotics using panel data: the shadow effect of bacterial resistance
(2010)QuadernoWorking Paper -
Response of Residential Electricity Demand to Price
(2010)CEPE Working PaperIn this paper we present an empirical analysis of the residential demand for electricity using annual aggregate data at the state level for 48 US states from 1995 to 2007. We estimate a dynamic partial adjustment model using the Kiviet corrected LSDV (1995) and the Blundell-Bond (1998) estimators. In addition to the lagged dependent variable, our equation includes energy prices, income, cooling and heating degree days, and average household ...Working Paper -
Short and long-run time-of-use price elasticities in Swiss residential electricity demand
(2010)CEPE Working PaperThis paper presents an empirical analysis on the residential demand for electricity by time-of-day. This analysis has been performed using aggregate data at the city level for 22 Swiss cities for the period 2000 to 2006. For this purpose, we estimated two log-log demand equations for peak and off-peak electricity consumption using a static and a dynamic partial adjustment approach. These demand functions were estimated using several ...Working Paper -
The Economies of Scale in the French Power Distribution Utilities
(2010)CEPE Working PaperThis paper analyzes the cost structure of the French electricity distribution sector prior to the re-structuring reforms that have been initiated in 2005 and gradually implemented in the form of re-grouping certain activities across distribution units. The aim of this study is to assess the empirical evidence in support of these re-structuring measures. We explore the cost structure of the distribution units operating in France over the ...Working Paper