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    • The potential for reducing carbon emissions from increased efficiency : a general equilibrium methodology 

      Blitzer, Charles R. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1990)
      This paper presents a methodology for analyzing the potential for reduction in carbon emissions through increased fuel efficiency and provides an illustration of the method. The methodology employed is a multisectoral, ...

    • USA oilgas production cost : recent changes 

      Adelman, Morris Albert (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1991)
      During 1984-1989, oil development investment cost in the USA fell, but only because of lower activity. The whole cost curve shifted unfavorably (leftward). In contrast, natural gas cost substantially decreased, the curve ...

    • A note on competitive investment under uncertainty 

      Pindyck, Robert S. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1991)
      This paper clarifies how uncertainty affects irreversible investment in a competitive market equilibrium. With free entry, irreversibility affects the distribution of future prices, and thereby creates an opportunity cost ...