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Are electricity prices and cross-subsidies a barrier to decarbonising India's steel industry? 电价和交叉补贴是否是印度钢铁业去碳化的障碍？

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101853

M. Åhman, M. Arens

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Projecting short to medium-term effects of carbon emissions trading on Serbia's GDP 预测碳排放交易对塞尔维亚国内生产总值的中短期影响

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101855

B. Pavlović , N. Trtica

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Breaking the culture of nonpayment: A qualitative analysis of utility intervention in Pakistan 打破欠费文化：对巴基斯坦公用事业干预的定性分析

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101850

Husnain Fateh Ahmad , Ayesha Ali , Robyn C. Meeks , Victoria Plutshack , Zhenxuan Wang , Javed Younas

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The distributional effects of rural electrification on household welfare: Evidence from Senegal 农村电气化对家庭福利的分配效应：塞内加尔的证据

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101846

Kadoukpè Gildas Magbondé , Barry Reilly , Bridget Kauma

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Capital structure decisions in the energy transition: Insights from Spain 能源转型中的资本结构决策：西班牙的启示

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101851

Cristobal Bistuer-Talavera , Joan Llobet-Dalmases , Dolors Plana-Erta , Jorge M. Uribe

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The nexus of electricity infrastructure investment, household income, and carbon emissions in rural China 中国农村地区电力基础设施投资、家庭收入与碳排放之间的关系

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101849

Qi Tian , Tao Zhao , Rong Yuan

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Data fraud in the carbon emissions trading market: A tripartite evolutionary game analysis from China 碳排放交易市场中的数据欺诈：来自中国的三方演化博弈分析

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101848

Yanbin Li , Chang Liu , Jiani Wang , Yuan Wang , Xiuqi Yang , Yun Li

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Performance benchmarking of European postal incumbents with TOPSIS and BMW-TOPSIS 利用 TOPSIS 和 BMW-TOPSIS 对欧洲邮政现有企业的绩效进行基准测试

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101845

Bojan Jovanović, Dragana Šarac, Nataša Čačić

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Electricity security in Uganda: Measurement and policy priorities 乌干达的电力安全：衡量和政策优先事项

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101844

Benard M. Wabukala , Olvar Bergland , Nicholas Mukisa , Muyiwa S. Adaramola , Susan Watundu , Laura A. Orobia , Nichodemus Rudaheranwa

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The digital economy and energy poverty in Central and Eastern Europe 中欧和东欧的数字经济与能源贫困

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Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101841

Mihaela Simionescu , Javier Cifuentes-Faura

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