Changes in Energy Supplies in the Countries of the Visegrad Group

Tomasz Rokicki and Aleksandra Perkowska
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Tomasz Rokicki: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska St. 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Aleksandra Perkowska: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska St. 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 19, 1-17

Abstract: The main purpose of the work is to identify and present the current situation and changes in the volume of energy supplies in the countries of the Visegrad Group. The specific objectives of the article are to determine the degree of concentration of energy supply sources in the countries of the Visegrad Group, the directions of their changes, types of energy used and changes in this area, establishing the correlation between the volume of energy supplies and changes in the economic situation in V4 countries. The period of research covers the years 1990–2018. The sources of materials were the literature on the subject, with the data from Eurostat. The following methods were used for the analysis and presentation of materials: descriptive, tabular, graphical, dynamics indicators with a constant basis; Gini concentration coefficient; concentration analysis using the Lorenz curve; coefficient of variation; Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient. It was found that, of a high concentration of energy supplies from one or more sources in all countries of the Visegrad Group, the largest was in Poland and the lowest were in Hungary and the Czech Republic. In each of these countries, the economy was transforming and there was also a gradual diversification of energy sources.

Keywords: energy performance; Visegrad Group; energy efficiency; energy supplies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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