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Response of energy demand to higher prices: what have we learned

American Economic Review 1984
Twelve conclusions, graduating from the general statement that rising energy prices have led to conservation and interfuel substitution to more specific statements about short-run gasoline price elasticities, support the effectiveness of both the natural experiment and the government and utility efforts. There is still a need for quantitative data, however. 7 references.