Income, resources, and electricity mix

Paul Burke ()

No 636, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

Abstract: This paper presents evidence on a national-level electricity ladder which sees countries transition toward coal and natural gas, and finally nuclear power and modern renewables such as wind power, for their electricity needs as they develop. The extent to which countries climb the electricity ladder is dependent on energy endowments. The results imply that the environmental implications of economic development differ in countries with different energy resource endowments. An effective global carbon mitigation strategy will require developing countries to leapfrog the middle rungs of the electricity ladder.

Keywords: economic development; electricity mix; energy; substitution; transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O13 Q43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-02
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