Energy - revival of a burning matter

Atanas Kolev () and Armin Riess ()
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Atanas Kolev: European Investment Bank, Economic and Financial Studies

No 1/2007, EIB Papers from European Investment Bank, Economics Department

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to preview the other contributions to this volume of the EIB Papers. In this context, it offers a few additional perspectives. One highlights why energy issues have re-emerged as a matter of policy interest. Another concerns the difference between the macroeconomic impact of the oil price shocks of the 1970s and that of the recent rise in international energy prices. A third perspective - set against concerns about the security of energy supply for Europe - pertains to the wide variation in energy import dependency across EU countries. Lastly, the paper comments on the energy efficiency ambitions of the European Union.

Keywords: energy policy; security of supply; energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q40 Q42 Q43 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2007-06-25
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