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Blue Gold: Hydro-Electric Rent In Canada

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  • Glenn Jenkins

    (Queen's University, Kingston, On, Canada)

  • RICHARD ZUKER

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In this study, an attempt is made to develop estimates of the value of economic rent from production of hydro-electricity. These estimates are made for the year 1979, which is the latest period for which a comprehensive set of data was available at the time this work was undertaken. The estimates are developed for the hydro-electricity generated (or used) by electric utilities in four provinces: Quebec (including Churchill Falls), Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. These electric systems accounted for 93 percent of the hydro-electricity generated by utilities in Canada during 1979. Using the estimates developed for these four provinces, approximate values are derived for the rent arising from the hydro-electricity generated by utilities in the other provinces.

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  • Glenn Jenkins & RICHARD ZUKER, 1984. "Blue Gold: Hydro-Electric Rent In Canada," Development Discussion Papers 1984-01, JDI Executive Programs.
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    2. R. Andrew Muller & P. J. George, 1985. "Northern Hydroelectric Development in an Optimal Expansion Program for Ontario Hydro," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 11(3), pages 522-532, September.
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    4. Glenn P. Jenkins & Saule Baurzhan & Author-Name: Godwin O-Williams, 2018. "Evaluation of the Economic Performance of Hydropower Developments Supported by the World Bank Group 1975 to 2015," Development Discussion Papers 2018-06, JDI Executive Programs.
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    6. Olasehinde-Williams, Godwin & Jenkins, Glenn P., 2023. "A Test of Hirschman’s Hiding Hand Principle in World Bank-Financed Hydropower Projects," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(2), pages 298-317, July.
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    hydro-electric rent; electricity supply; Canada;
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    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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