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2022: How Responsive Are New Car Buyers in India and China to Factors Driving Fuel Consumption?

Prateek Bansal and Rubal Dua

2022: Resilience of Saudi Arabia’s Economy to Oil Shocks: Effects of Economic Reforms

Hossa Almutairi, Marzio Galeotti, Baltasar Manzano and Axel Pierru

2022: Cost, Emission, and Macroeconomic Implications of Diesel Displacement in the Saudi Agricultural Sector: Options and Policy Insights

Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi, Fakhri Hasanov and Frank Felder

2022: Keeping the Nuclear Energy Option Open

Noura Mansouri, Robert J. Budnitz, H-Holger Rogner, Charles McCombie, Robert N. Schock and Adnan Shihab-Eldin

2022: Alternative Fuels for Saudi Cement Manufacturing with Time-varying Carbon Pricing

Walid Matar and Doaa Filali

2022: One Year After the Texas Blackout: Lessons for Reliable and Resilient Power Systems

Marie Petitet, Frank Felder and Khalid Alhadhrami

2022: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Circular Carbon Economy: Progress and Potential

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yilmaz and Thamir Alshehri

2022: Determinants of Remittance Outflows: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Javid and Fakhri Hasanov

2022: How to Mitigate Transportation Emissions in Saudi Arabia? The Role of Energy Price Governance

Sa'd Shannak, Jeyhun Mikayilov and Rubal Dua

2022: The Economics and Resource Potential of Hydrogen Production in Saudi Arabia

Shahid Hasan and Rami Shabaneh

2022: Impact of Stay Home Living on Energy Demand of Residential Buildings Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Aldubyan and Moncef Krarti

2022: Cross-seasonal Fuel Savings from Load Shifting in the Saudi Industrial Sector

Salaheddine Soummane, Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi and Frank Felder

2021: Renewables, Reliability and Efficiency in Electricity Markets

Frank A. Felder and Marie Petitet

2021: Cost-Effectiveness of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies for Reducing Peak Demand

Moncef Krati and Mohammad Aldubyan

2021: Role of Energy Efficiency in Designing Carbon-neutral Residential Communities: Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Moncef Krarti and Mohammad Aldubyan

2021: Achieving Renewable Energy Targets Without Compromising the Power Sector’s Reliability

Nezar Alhaidari, Amro Elshurafa and Frank Felder

2021: Oil Market Shocks and Financial Instability in Asian Countries

Fakhri Hasanov and Leila Dagher

2021: Understanding the Dynamics of the Renewable Energy Transition: The Determinants and Future Projections Under Different Scenarios

Fatih Yilmaz

2021: China’s BRI and Saudi Vision 2030: A Review to Partnership for Sustainability

Dongmei Chen

2021: Sustainable Transport in Riyadh: Potential Trip Coverage of the Proposed Public Transport Network

Abu Toasin Oakil and Abdelrahman Muhsen

2021: Barriers to and Opportunities for Light-Duty Vehicle Electrification in India: Insights From a Survey of Experts

Rubal Dua, Scott Hardman, Yagyavalk Bhatt and Dimpy Suneja

2021: How Can Energy Storage Catalyze the Electricity Policies of Gulf Cooperation Council Members? Issues and Options

Rolando Fuentes, Shahid Hasan and Frank Felder

2021: Projecting Saudi Sectoral Electricity Demand in 2030 Using a Computable General Equilibrium Model

Salaheddine Soummane and Frederic Ghersi

2021: Are Consumers Myopic About Future Fuel Costs? Insights from the Indian two-wheeler market

Prateek Bansal, Rubal Dua, Rico Krueger and Daniel Graham

2021: Saudi Non-oil Exports Before and After COVID-19: Historical Impacts of Determinants and Scenario Analysis

Fakhri Hasanov, Fred Joutz and Muhammad Javid

2021: Saudi Non-oil Exports Before and After COVID-19: Historical Impacts of Determinants and Scenario Analysis

Muhammad Javid, Fakhri Hasanov, Carlo Andrea Bollino and Marzio Galeotti

2021: Evaluating Access to Riyadh’s Planned Public Transport System Using Geospatial Analysis

Nourah Al Hosain and Alma Alhussaini

2021: How Cost-Effective Are Electric Vehicle Subsidies in Reducing Tailpipe-CO2 Emissions?

Tamara Sheldon, Rubal Dua and Omar Al Harbi

2021: Assessing the Role of Renewables in Reducing Emissions in the Saudi Power Sector Using Mixed-Integer Optimization

Amro ElShurafa, Hatem Alatawi, Salaheddine Soummane and Frank Felder

2021: Economic Diversification Under Saudi Vision 2030

David Havrlant and Abdulelah Darandary

2021: Economic Analysis of Gas Pipeline Trade Cooperation: A GCC Case Study

Bertrand Rioux, Rami Shabaneh and Steve Griffiths

2021: Are Electric Vehicle Subsidies Becoming More Impactful Over Time?

Tamara Sheldon, Rubal Dua and Omar Al Harbi

2021: Long-run Effects of Real-time Electricity Pricing in the Saudi Power Sector

Walid Matar

2021: Policies to Nationalize the Private Sector Labor Force in a Matching Model with Public Jobs and Quotas

Olivier Durand-Lasserve

2021: Are Bankruptcies Healthy For The Tight Oil Sector?

Majed Al Suwailem and Malik Selemankhel

2021: Can Oil Refiners Adjust to a Greater Supply of Shale Oil?

Walid Matar and Rami Shabaneh

2021: Saudi Arabia Energy Report

Xun Xu and Tianduo Peng

2020: Saudi Arabia Energy Report

Abeer AlGhamdi

2020: The Value of Storage in Electricity Generation: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review

Amro Elshurafa

2020: Energy Security and Portfolio Diversification: The Exporter’s Perspective

Rolando Fuentes

2020: Energy Security and Portfolio Diversification: The Exporter’s Perspective

Philipp Galkin and Carlo Andrea Bollino

2020: Fiscal Multipliers for Saudi Arabia Revisited

H.E. Dr. Majid Al Moneef and Fakhri Hasanov

2020: Electricity Sector Liberalization in Eqypt: Features, Challenges, and Opportunities for Market Integration

Shahid Hasan, Turki Al-Aqeel and Hafez El Salmawy

2020: Supply-side Climate Policy for Crude Oil Producers

Paul Zakkour and Wolfgang Heidug

2020: On the Incremental Investment in Residential Energy Efficiency: A Saudi Perspective

Walid Matar

2020: Regional Heterogeneous Drivers of Electricity Demand in Saudi Arabia

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Abdulelah Darandary, Ryan Alyamani, Fakhri Hasanov and Hatem Al Atawi

2020: Sectoral and Economy-Wide Effects of Domestic Energy Price Reforms in Saudi Arabia

Olivier Durand-Lasserve, Hossa Almutairi, Abdullah AlJarboua, Frederic Murhphy, Shreekar Pradhan and Axel Pierru

2020: Cooperate or Compete? Insights from Simulating a Global Oil Market with No Residual Supplier

Bertrand Rioux, Abdullah AlJarboua, Fatih Karanfil, Axel Pierru, Shahd Alrashed and Colin Ward

2020: The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Non-Oil GDP in Saudi Arabia

Fakhri J. Hasanov, Nader AlKathiri, Saad Alshahrani and Ryan Alyamani

2020: Balancing World Oil Markets and Understanding Contango and Inventories: The Changing Nature of World Oil Markets

Jennifer Considine and Abdullah Aldayel

2020: Energy Price Reform in Saudi Arabia: Modeling the Economic and Environmental Impact and Understanding the Demand Response

Mohammad Al Dubyan and Anwar Gasim

2020: Analyzing the Effects of Saudi Arabia’s Economic Reforms Using a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model

Jorge Blazquez, Marzio Galeotti, Baltasar Manzano, Axel Pierru and Shreekar Pradhan

2020: Electricity Demand Modeling in Saudi Arabia: Do Regional Differences Matter

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Fakhri Hasanov, Waheed Olagunju and Mohammad H. Al-Shehri

2020: Designing Transport Policy for Sustainable Freight Movement in Saudi Arabia

Hector Lopez-Ruiz, Nora Nezamuddin and Abdelrahman Muhsen

2020: Assessing Residential Solar Rooftop Potential in Saudi Arabia Using Nighttime Satellite Images: A Study for the City of Riyadh

Hector Lopez-Ruiz, Jorge Blazquez and Michele Vittorio

2020: Residential Energy Efficiency Investment and Demand Response Under Different Electricity Pricing Schemes: A Physical-Microeconomic Approach

Walid Matar

2020: Modeling Sectoral Employment in Saudi Arabia

Fakhri Hasanov, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Moayad H. Al-Rassasi, Mohammed Al-Abdullah, Fred Joutz and Muhammad Javid

2020: Toward A Sustainable Agriculture Sector: Policy Options for Reducing Water Use in Abu Dhabi’s Agriculture Sector

Noura Mansouri, David Wogan and Humaid Kanji

2020: The Opportunity Cost of Domestic Oil Consumption for an Oil Exporter: Illustration for Saudi Arabia

Fatih Karanfil and Axel Pierru

2020: Eliciting Preferences of Ride-Hailing Users and Drivers

Prateek Bansal, Akanksha Sinha, Rubal Dua and Ricardo Daziano

2020: Market Structure, Inventories and Oil Prices: An Empirical Analysis

Jennifer Considine, Philipp Galkin and Abdullah AlDayel

2020: KGEMM: A Macroecnometric Model for Saudi Arabia

Fakhri Hasanov, Fred Joutz, Jeyhun Mikayilov and Muhammad Javid

2020: Placing a Value on Spot Sales from a Joint Oil Stockpiling Facility

Jennifer Considine, Kang Wu, Ziyad Alfawzan and Sammy Six

2020: The Value of Spot Sales to a Producing Country Subject to Production Quotas

Jennifer Considine, Kang Wu and Abdullah Aldayel

2020: China’s Energy Investment Through the Lens of the Belt and Road Initiative

Philipp Galkin, Dongmei Chen and Junyuang Ke