Energy policies and their consequences after 25 years
Author(s)
Joskow, Paul L.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.
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Hans Landsberg and Sam Schurr each led research teams that produced two important energy futures policy studies that were published in 1979. The conclusions, policy recommendations, and energy demand, supply, and price forecasts contained in these studies are reviewed. Developments in U.S. energy policy over the last 25 years are discussed and compared with the recommendations contained in the two studies. The projections of energy demand, supply, and prices for 2000 contained in the studies is presented and compared to actual realizations. The nature, magnitudes, and reasons for the differences between the studies₂ forecasts and what actually emerged 25 years later are discussed. All things considered, the Landsberg and Schurr studies have stood the test of time very well.
Date issued
2003Publisher
MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
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2003-013
Series/Report no.
MIT-CEEPR (Series) ; 03-013WP.