Business Green:
High energy prices unlikely to affect trade, study finds
2 March 2015
A large rise in energy prices would barely affect exports from European industry and the balance of trade, academics have said. ... ''Even heavy, energy-intensive industries are more resilient to high energy prices than has been suggested by some companies and politicians,'' said co-author Dr Antoine Dechezlepretre.
This article was published online by Business Green on March 2, 2015
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Related Publications
Asymmetric Industrial Energy Prices and International Trade, Antoine Dechezleprêtre and Misato Sato, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1337, March 2015
Related Links
Antoine Dechezleprêtre webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage