Price and income elasticity of natural gas demand in Europe and the effects of lockdowns due to Covid-19
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Price and income elasticity of natural gas demand in Europe and the effects of lockdowns due to Covid-19Date
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Erias, A.F., Iglesias, E.M. (2022). Price and income elasticity of natural gas demand in Europe and the effects of lockdowns due to Covid-19. Energy Strategy Reviews, 44, 100945. doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2022.100945
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[Abstract] We analyse a panel of 25 European-countries to provide novel estimates of monthly own-price, cross-price, and income elasticities of natural-gas-demand from 2005 to 2020. We find that: first, there is an European Standard Behaviour (ESB) with a strong-seasonal component. Second, we identify three different patterns from the ESB: 1) France, Denmark and Estonia present slightly positive elasticities in the short-run and a lack of sensitivity to own-price variations in the long-run –we argue this phenomenon is due to a higher weight of heating demand-. 2) Latvia presents a lower sensitivity to own-price variations than the ESB -we argue due to the role of natural gas as a unique backup technology in the power sector-. 3) In Portugal, natural gas showed the highest own-price elasticities – we argue that natural gas is used mainly in the power sector with substitutive technologies-. Finally, we find that Covid-19-lockdowns highly impacted natural-gas-demand, confirming the “double-heating-effect”.
Keywords
Natural gas
Price elasticity
Income elasticity
Energy demand in Europe
Double heating effect
Price elasticity
Income elasticity
Energy demand in Europe
Double heating effect
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2211-467X