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Energy Pricing Policies and Consumers’ Welfare: Evidence from Pakistan

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  • Muhammad Atta-ul-Islam Abrar

    (Lecturer, Government Degree College, Bakhshali, Mardan, and PhD candidate, Abdul Wali Khan University, Pakistan)

  • Muhsin Ali

    (PhD candidate, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan)

  • Uzma Bashir

    (PhD candidate, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan)

  • Karim Khan

    (Associate Professor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan)

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  • Muhammad Atta-ul-Islam Abrar & Muhsin Ali & Uzma Bashir & Karim Khan, 2019. "Energy Pricing Policies and Consumers’ Welfare: Evidence from Pakistan," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 24(1), pages 1-28, Jan-June.
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    Keywords

    energy pricing; welfare; almost ideal demand system; Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
    • D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General

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