Mattias Vesterberg synar hushållens efterfrågeflexibilitet i SNS rapport och på Dagens Industri. Förlita sig på att hushållen kommer vilja anpassa sig är i många fall orealistiskt menar Mattias.
Under sommaren har det varit elbrist i södra Sverige, något Mattias menar är ett tecken på den svenska elmarknadens stora utmaningar. En av lösningarna är att hushållen ska vara aktiva i att möta de nya utmaningarna genom att anpassa sin elförbrukning till tider då tillgången på el är större. Något som kan vara svårt med tanke på att som Mattias säger; ”Hushåll använder el till uppvärmning när det är kallt, till belysning när det är mörkt och till matlagning när de är hungriga och hemma.” (Dagens industri) Att hushållen skulle vara flexibla i den frågan menar Mattias i många fall är orealistiskt.
Parisa Pakrooh is a PhD student within the field of Energy Economics (Fossil Fuels) and Climate Change at the University of Tabriz, Iran. She has come to CERE for a longer stay of at least six months to further develop her knowledge within the field at a center known for its experience on energy and environmental economics.(Read more by clicking the headline)
Pakrooh is on the last leg of her PhD studies and will be an asset to CERE with her knowledge on agricultural economics, agricultural policies, natural resources and environmental economics. Her thesis titled “Investigating Economic Policies Effect on Fossil Energy Resources Consumption in the Agricultural Sector of Iran” is finished and awaiting graduation and her focus lately has been solely on energy and environmental economics.
CERE researchers Göran Bostedt and Tommy Lundgren have been appointed guest professors at the Luleå Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences. Lundgren will spend September and October this fall in Luleå to help out with a course and work on common projects (Bio4energy) and Bostedt will also teach and assist in mentoring.
Widely accepted guidelines for standard Total Factor Productivity (TFP) measurement allow for cross-country agricultural productivity comparisons. However, current practices to incorporate environmental effects of economic activity still vary by country, making any similar comparison along environmental dimensions problematic. To address this need for standard environmental accounting guidelines, the OECD Network on Agricultural TFP and the Environment formed in 2017 to advance the development of cross-country environmentally-adjusted TFP indicators.
The Network brings together experts in productivity and measurement from academia (among others, Moriah Bostian and Tommy Lundgren of CERE), leading national statistics agencies, and international organizations, to better connect theory to practice. This paper provides an overview of the relevant index theory and current agency guidelines, originally to be presented at the annual Network meeting scheduled for May 2020 in Paris, but canceled due to the COVID-19 crisis.
