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Karl Hausker, “Automobile Fuel Efficiency Stalls in the 102d Congress.” This paper presents the issues surrounding debated legislation in the U.S....
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Karl Hausker, “Automobile Fuel Efficiency Stalls in the 102d Congress.” This paper presents the issues surrounding debated legislation in the U.S. Congress in 1990 and 1991 that would have required increases in the government’s fuel efficiency for automobiles. The standards set forth by the U.S. government for fuel efficiency are referred to as corporate average fuel economy standards (CAFE standards). This article presents some of the historical background on the CAFE controversy and describes the various groups opposing and supporting this legislation.
Xiannuan Lin, “Declining Energy Intensity in China's Industrial Sector.” This article analyzes energy intensity in China’s industrial sector during the decade of the 1980s and describes the trend of declining energy intensity. The paper explores how this drop in energy intensity occurred in China’s industrial sector, primarily through increases in energy efficiency, and provides a model for assessing this shift at a sector/industry level.
Dennis B. K. Hwang and Burel Gum, “The Causal Relationship Between Energy and GNP: The Case of Taiwan.” This paper applies the technique of causal analysis in the investigation of the causal relationship between energy consumption and GDP in Taiwan. The authors use the Granger causality test with Hsiao sequential procedure and find that in the case of Taiwan there is bidirectional causality.
Keun-Wook Paik, “Japan, Korea, and the Development of Russian Far Eastern Energy Resources.” This paper offers an assessment of the role that Russian Far Eastern energy resources could play in meeting the energy needs of Japan and Korea. The article, written in the early 1990s, showcases the opportunities for the development of oil and gas in the Sakhalin offshore and Yakutian areas in the Russian Far East.
Nancy J. Burnett, “Oil Shocks, Productivity, and the Economic Slowdown.” This paper examines the relationship of the oil price shocks of 1973-1974 and 1979-1980 and the following economic slowdown by studying petroleum and economy-wide productivity for evidence.
Khairy A. Tourk, “Oil Price Shocks and the Asian Newly Industrialized Countries' Response: A Case Study of South Korea and Taiwan.” This paper analyzes the economic effects of two oil price shocks (1973-1974 and 1979-1980) in South Korea and Taiwan. The author details the different governmental policies that ensued in response to each shock and the results. The conclusion is that the initial shocks of the two oil crises were quickly dissipated through the use of appropriate monetary policies, the restructuring of the two economies, and phenomenal expansion in exports.
Robert E. Looney, “Infrastructural Constraints on Energy Development: The Case of Pakistan.” This paper, written in the early 1990s, describes some of the significant constraints that Pakistan faced in developing an adequate infrastructure to meet its energy needs.
Secil Tuncalp and Abdulla Al-Ibrahim, “Saudi Arabia's Petrochemical Industry: Growth and Performance.” This paper looks at the development of Saudi Arabia’s petrochemical industry from the 1970s through the 1980s. The authors focus on the hydrocarbon-based industries established by the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).
Raghbendra Jha, M. N. Murty, Balbir S. Sahni, and Satya Paul, “Allocative Efficiency, Scale Economies, and Technical Progress in the Gas and Electricity Industry of India.” This paper develops a framework to test for allocative inefficiency in the gas and electricity industry in India.
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