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    • A regression test of semiparametric index model specification 

      Rodriguez, Diego; Stoker, Thomas M. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1992)
      This paper presents a simple regression test of parametric and semiparametric index models against more general semiparametric and nonparametric alternative models. The test is based on the regression coefficient of the ...

    • The cartel in retreat 

      Adelman, Morris Albert (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1993)
      In 1981, the price of oil was $34 in current dollars ($50 at 1992 price levels). The consensus was that it would keep rising toward the cost of synthetic crude oil or some such long-run ceiling. In fact, the cartel had ...

    • World energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions : 1950-2050 

      Schmalensee, Richard; Stoker, Thomas M.; Judson, Ruth A. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1995)
      Emissions of carbon dioxide form combustion of fossil fuels, which may contribute to long-term climate change, are projected through 2050 using reduced form models estimated with national-level panel data for the period ...