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2017: Restructuring Saudi Arabia’s Power Generation Sector: Model-Based Insights

Bertrand Rioux, Axel Pierru and Nader AlKathiri

2017: Restructuring Saudi Arabia’s Power Generation Sector: Model-Based Insights

Bertrand Rioux, Axel Pierru and Nader Alkathiri

2017: Growth Through Diversification and Energy Efficiency: Energy Productivity in Saudi Arabia

Steven Fawkes, Marzio Galeotti, Nicholas Howarth, Moncef Krarti, Alessandro Lanza and Padu Padmanabhan

2017: Welfare Implications of the Rebound Effect From More Energy-Efficient Passenger Cars

Anwar Gasim and Ziyad Alfawzan

2017: Towards More Pragmatic Global Climate Goals and Policies

Samantha Gross and Yuhji Matsuo

2017: The Political Feasibility of Policy Options for the UAE’s Energy Transition

Brian Efird, Paul Mollet and Imtenan Al-Mubarak

2017: Managing Oil Revenue Stabilization Funds: A Framework for Developing Policies

Nader AlKathiri, Frederic Murphy and Axel Pierru

2017: Welfare Implications of the Rebound Effect From More Energy-Efficient Passenger Cars

Anwar Gasim and Ziyad Alfawzan

2017: The Political Feasibility of Policy Options for the UAE’s Energy Transition

Brian Efird, Paul Mollet and Imtenan Al-Mubarak

2017: Towards More Pragmatic Global Climate Goals and Policies

Samantha Gross and Yuhji Matsuo

2017: Managing Oil Revenue Stabilization Funds: A Framework for Developing Policies

Nader AlKathiri, Frederic Murphy and Axel Pierru

2017: Growth, Investment and the Low-Carbon Transition: A View From Saudi Arabia

Nicholas Howarth and Alessandro Lanza

2017: Measuring the Capabilities of Firms to Deliver Local Content in Resource Rich Countries

Marcelo Neuman, Roger Tissot and Daniel Mabrey

2017: Reforming Industrial Fuel and Residential Electricity Prices in Saudi Arabia

Walid Matar

2017: An Evaluation of High Energy Performance Residential Buildings in Bahrain

Kankana Dubey and Moncef Krarti

2017: Estimating the Learning Curve of Solar PV Balance-of-Systems for Over 20 Countries

Amro Elshurafa, Shahad Albardi and Carlo Andrea Bollino

2017: Impact of Domestic Fuel Price Reforms on the use of Public Transport in Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim Algunaibet

2017: Economic and Environmental Benefits of Improving UAE Building Stock Energy Efficiency

Kankana Dubey and Moncef Krarti

2017: Curbing Carbon Emissions: Is a Carbon Tax the Most Efficient Levy?

Jorge Blazquez

2017: Energy Productivity: Evaluating Large-Scale Building Energy Efficiency Programs in Oman

Kankana Dubey and Moncef Krarti

2017: Support for a Carbon Tax in China: A Collective Decision-Making Process Simulation Using the KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis

Imtenan Al-Mubarak, Brian Efird, Leo Lester and Sun Xia

2017: Understanding Long Term Consumer Demand For Fuel Efficient Vehicles

Rubal Dua and Kenneth White

2017: The Effect of Preferential Trade Agreements on Energy Trade from Chinese and Exporters’ Perspectives

Philipp Galkin and Carlo Andrea Bollino

2017: A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Local Firm Capabilities in New Producing Countries: The Case of Uganda

Marcelo Neuman, Roger Tissot and Daniel Mabrey

2017: Joint Oil Stockpiling between Middle East Exporters and Northeast Asian Importers: A Winning Formula?

Tilak Doshi and Sammy Six

2017: Gasoline Demand, Pricing Policy and Social Welfare in Saudi Arabia

Tarek N. Atalla, Lester Hunt and Anwar Gasim

2017: Reporting LCOE for Solar PV: Apples to Apples Comparisons

Amro Elshurafa

2017: Economic Stability in the GCC Countries

Ziyad Alfawzan

2017: Will Current Electric Vehicle Policy Lead to Cost-Effective Electrification?

Marcello Contestabile, Mohammed Alajaji and Bader Almubarak

2017: Third-Party Access to Regasification Terminals: Adapting to the LNG Markets’ Reconfiguration

Sammy Six and Anne-Sophie Corbeau

2016: Evaluating Uganda’s Oil Sector: Estimation of Upstream Projects

Colin Ward and Artem Malov

2016: Adding Photovoltaics to the Saudi Power System: What are the Costs of Intermittency?

Amro Elshurafa and Walid Matar

2016: LNG for Africa

Anne-Sophie Corbeau

2016: Impacts of Higher Energy Efficiency on Growth and Welfare Across Generations in Saudi Arabia

Frederic Gonand

2016: Evaluating Building Energy Efficiency Investment Options for Saudi Arabia

Kankana Dubey, Nicholas Howarth and Moncef Krarti

2016: Energy Productivity as a New Growth Model for GCC Countries

Kankana Dubey, Marzio Galeotti, Nicholas Howarth and Alessandro Lanza

2016: Is Unbundling Electricity Services the Way Forward for the Power Sector?

Rolando Fuentes

2016: Prices Versus Policy: An Analysis of the Drivers of the Fossil Fuel Energy Mix

Jorge Blazquez and Baltasar Manzano

2016: Potential Gains From Reforming Price Caps in China’s Power Sector

Bertrand Rioux, Philipp Galkin, Axel Pierru and Frederic Murphy

2016: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Demographic Dividend: Is There a Role for Natural Resources?

Daniel J. Mabrey

2016: The Renewable Energy Policy Paradox

Jorge Blazquez, Carlo Andrea Bollino, Rolando Fuentes and Nora Nezamuddin

2016: Investing for Energy Productivity in the GCC – Financing the Transition

Steven Fawkes, Nicholas Howarth, Moncef Krarti and Padu Padmanabhan

2016: Quantifying Worldwide Demand Elasticities as a Policy Tool

Tarek Atalla, Simona Bigerna and Carlo Andrea Bollino

2016: Energy Relations and Policy Making in Asia

Ziyad Alfawzan, Sadeem Alhosain, Nader AlKathiri, Shahad Alarenan and Brian Efird

2016: Will There Be a Price War Between Russian Pipeline Gas & US LNG in Europe?

Anne-Sophie Corbeau and Vitaly Yemakov

2016: The Responsiveness of Fuel Demand to Gasoline Price in Passenger Transport

Walid Matar

2016: Policy Instruments & Market Uncertainty: Exploring the Impact on Renewables Adoption

Jorge Blazquez and Nora Nezamuddin

2016: Policymakers Guide to the Various Ways of Calculating Energy Productivity

Anwar Gasim

2016: Challenges for Widespread Renewable Energy Deployment

Jorge Blazquez and Baltasar Manzano

2016: Understanding Adoption of Energy-Efficient Technologies: A Case Study of Battery Electric Vehicle Adoption in the U.S

Rubal Dua, Kenneth White and Rebecca Lindland

2016: Renewable Energy: Lessons from the EU Experience

Lawrence Haar

2016: Can Adoption of Rooftop Solar PV Panels Trigger a Utility Death Spiral?

Iqbal Adjali, Rolando Fuentes and Frederic Murphy

2016: Modeling Residential Electricity Demand in the GCC

Tarek Atallah and Lester Hunt

2016: The Impact of Low Oil and Gas Prices on Gas Markets: A Retrospective Look at 2014-15

Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Rami Shabaneh and Sammy Six

2016: Energy for Water in Agriculture: A Partial Factor Productivity Analysis

Christopher Napoli and Berenice Garcia

2016: Policy Options for Reducing Water for Agriculture in Saudi Arabia

Christopher Napoli, Ben Wise, David Wogan and Lama Yaseen

2015: The Prospects for Coal-fired Power Generation in Saudi Arabia

Axel Pierru and Walid Matar

2015: Comparing Renewables Support Policies: Quantifying the Trade-Offs

Jorge Blazquez and Nora Nezamuddin

2015: Natural Resource Revenue Management Strategies in Developing Countries: A Calibrated Macroeconomic Model for Uganda

Fakhri Hasanov, Fred Joutz and Baltasar Manzano

2015: Multidimensional Bargaining Using KTAB

Brian Efird, Imtenan Al-Mubarak, Ben Wise and Lama Yaseen

2015: Economic Impacts of Debottlenecking Congestion in the Chinese Coal Supply Chain

Philipp Galkin, Frederic Murphy, Axel Pierru and Bertrand Rioux

2015: Macroeconomic Challenges for Eastern Africa

Fakhri Hasanov, Fred Joutz and Baltasar Manzano

2015: Asian Premium or North Atlantic Discount: Does Geographical Diversification in Oil Trade Always Impose Costs?

Shahad Alarenan, Frederic Murphy, Ziyad Alfawzan and Nader AlKathiri

2015: A Framework for Comparing the Viability of Different Desalination Approaches

Christopher Napoli and Bertrand Rioux

2015: Reforming the Role of State-Owned Enterprise in China’s Energy Sector: An Analysis of Collective Decision-Making Processes Using the KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis (KTAB)

Brian Efird, Imtenan Al-Mubarak, Ben Wise and Lama Yaseen

2015: Efficient Industrial Energy Use: The First Step in Transitioning Saudi Arabia’s Energy Mix

Walid Matar, Axel Pierru, Frederic Murphy, David Wogan and Bertrand Rioux

2015: Determinants of energy productivity: A comparison of 39 countries

Tarek Atallah and Patrick Bean

2015: An Introduction to the KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis (KTAB)

Brian Efird, Imtenan Al-Mubarak, Ben Wise and Lama Yaseen

2015: A global degree days database for energy-related applications

Tarek Atallah, Silvio Gualdi and Alessandro Lanza

2015: Embodied energy in trade: What role does specialization play

Anwar Gasim

2015: Modeling residential electricity consumption and efficiency within an economic framework

Walid Matar

2015: How coal fueled global growth and slowed energy productivity gains in the early 21st century

Tarek Atalah and Jorge Blazquez

2015: Why build energy models as MCPs? An economic perspective

Frederic Murphy and Axel Pierru

2015: The KAPSARC Energy Policy Database: Introducing a Quantified Library of China’s Energy Policies

Brian Efird and Philipp Galkin

2014: Changing Competitive Landscape: Transition Policy’s Blind Spots

Shahad Albardi, Jorge Blazquez, Amro Elshurafa and Nora Nezamuddin

2014: Managing China’s energy productivity potential: what lessons for policy makers

Nicholas Howarth, Min Jin, Leo Lester and Yan Xia

2014: Lowering Saudi Arabia’s fuel consumption and energy system costs without increasing end consumer prices

Walid Matar, Frederic Murhphy, Axel Pierru and Bertrand Rioux

2014: The Case for Energy Productivity: It’s not Just Semantics

Patrick Bean