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Presentation “Competition and the UK Retail Energy Market” by S. Littlechild

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Stephen Littlechild gave a presentation “Competition and the UK retail energy market: Lessons for Australia?” during AEC Luncheon Seminar in Park Hyatt, Melbourne, Australia on 29 November 2017 | PDF He also presented “Competition and the UK retail energy market” at Meridian Energy Seminars, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 November 2017 | PDF   You can view this presentation here    Continue Reading

EPRG Working Paper 1801

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Mahmud I. Imam, Tooraj Jamasb, and Manuel Llorca Sector Reforms and Institutional Corruption: Evidence from Electricity Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa Previously published in January 2018 under the title Power Sector Reform and Corruption: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Updated in May 2018 under a new title. Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF   Continue Reading

S. Littlechild latest submission to BEIS

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Stephen Littlechild and other former energy regulators of the UK submitted a written evidence to the BEIS Select Committee on pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft domestic gas and electricity (tariff cap) bill  in November 2017. The full text can be found here. On 12 December 2017, S. Littlechild gave evidence in person during the Select Committee meeting. The written… Continue Reading

Eoghan O’Neill

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Assistant Professor, Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Econometrics, Machine Learning, Energy Economics Biography: Dr. Eoghan O’Neill is an Assistant Professor in the Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Eoghan received his PhD in 2020, supervised by Dr. Melvyn Weeks. Eoghan’s research focuses on machine learning methods… Continue Reading

Bowei Guo

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Assistant Professor, School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Energy market reform, climate and energy policy, applied economics Background: Dr Bowei Guo is an assistant professor at the School of Applied Economics at Renmin University of China. Bowei received his PhD in July 2020, supervised by Dr Melvyn Weeks and… Continue Reading

Presentation “Oil Prices and the Global Economy: Is It Different This Time Around?” by K. Mohaddes

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Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, gave a presentation “Oil Prices and the Global Economy: Is It Different This Time Around?” at the Conference on “Arab Oil Exporters: Coping with a New Global Oil Order”, at the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development on 26-27 November 2017 in Kuwait | PDF   Continue Reading

Chung-Han Yang

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Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Cultural Resources, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan R.O.C. E-mail: [email protected] Research interests: energy regulations, power market reforms in Greater China (including mainland China and Taiwan), oil & gas, international environmental law  Biography: Chung-Han studied for his Master’s degree as a Chevening Scholar at Cambridge University Law Faculty. He also… Continue Reading

Presentation “Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Dampen the Negative Effects of Commodity Price Volatility?” by K. Mohaddes

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Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, gave a presentation “Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Dampen the Negative Effects of Commodity Price Volatility?” at the Workshop on New Perspectives on Political Economy of the Middle East that took place at the University of Oxford on 27-28 October 2017 | PDF    Continue Reading

John Miles

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Professor of Transitional Energy Strategies, Arup – Royal Academy of Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge E-mail:  [email protected] Research Interests: Energy Strategy, Energy Storage and Distribution, Transport, Electric Vehicles Biography: John Miles is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and is the Arup/Royal Academy of Engineering Professor of Transitional Energy Strategies at the University’s Department of… Continue Reading

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A Review of Gas Security of Supply within Great Britain’s Gas Market – From the Present to 2035

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The UK government has published its strategic assessment and review of GB’s Gas security of supply based on a detailed analysis by CEPA using EPRG’s gas market models. Dr Chi Kong Chyong, EPRG Research Associate & Director of Energy Policy Forum, led the modelling work for this review. A summary of this strategic assessment and… Continue Reading

Article “Implications of the current low oil prices for MENA countries” by K. Mohaddes

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Kamiar Mohaddes and Mehdi Raissi published an article “Implications of the current low oil prices for MENA countries” on Economic Research Forum website, on 9 October 2017 ‘Oil importers in the region should not overestimate the positive impact of the decline in oil prices on their economies given considerable uncertainty about the persistence of lower oil… Continue Reading

Feng Wang

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School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Supervisor: David Reiner Research Interests: Evaluation of energy and environmental policy; Climate change economics; Sustainable economic growth; Chinese economy; Analytic general equilibrium model Continue Reading

C.K. Chyong quoted in PenzaNews Agency

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Chi Kong Chyong was quoted in the article “US anti-Russia sanctions may have negative impact on European energy security” in PenzaNews Agency on 4 August 2017. “While the exporters of gas – Russia and USA – are looking for more customers in the oversupplied market environment, European energy security is at odds: European gas markets are… Continue Reading

Simon Taylor – recipient of the 2017 CJBS Sandra Dawson Research Impact Award

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We are delighted to announce that Simon Taylor, EPRG Associate Researcher, is the winner of the 2017 Cambridge Judge Business School Sandra Dawson Research Impact Award. Funded by a generous donation from Professor Dame Sandra Dawson, the annual Research Impact Awards recognise the impact of our research on non-academic stakeholders. Awards are made on the basis… Continue Reading

Journal Article: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2013, vol. 18

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Emma ter Mors, Bart W. Terwel, Dancker D.L. Daamen, David M. Reiner et al A comparison of techniques used to collect informed public opinions about CCS: Opinion quality after focus group discussions versus information-choice questionnaires International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Volume 18, October 2013, Pages 256-263 Continue Reading