%0 Journal Article
%T How Can We Assess The Relation Between Equipment, Price and Electricity Demand in Tunisia?
%A Imen Gam
%A Jaleleddine Ben Rejeb
%J International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
%D 2012
%I EconJournals
%X Economists and analysts of electricity demand sector believed for a long time that equipment is a key factor. They try to determine the performance of Equipment policy instrument on energy demand. For lack of reliable data, they use in most cases the variable ¡°urbanization rate¡± as proxy to the variable ¡°equipment¡±. To assess the effectiveness of this policy as a tool to decrease electricity demand in Tunisia, we estimate a Translog production function ¡°KLEM¡± using annual data spanning the period 1990-2007. The results suggest that an Equipment policy like a price policy play a crucial role in reducing electricity demand. Furthermore, those results highlight the complementary relation between electricity and equipment in the economic sense.
%K Electricity demand
%K Equipment policy instrument
%K Price policy
%K KLEM model
%K Complementary
%U http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/243/137