International Journal of Energy Sector Management: Volume 16 Issue 6

Can educational attainment promote renewable energy consumption? Evidence from heterogeneous panel models

Jamshid , Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath, Nirmala Velan

For mitigating climate change, renewable energy consumption is recognized as one of the policy measures worldwide. However, there is a dearth of empirical studies focusing on…

The relationship between socioeconomic development, renewable energies and the innovative process

Saymon Ricardo de Oliveira Sousa, Wesley Vieira da Silva, Fabíola Kaczam, Nicholas Joseph Tavares da Cruz, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga, Roselaine Ruviaro Zanini

This paper aims to examine the relationships between socioeconomic development, renewable energy and the innovative process by providing: a descriptive analysis; a co-occurrence…

Renewable energy and CO2 emissions: the economics and geopolitical implications, experiences from the BRICS nations

Sudeshna Ghosh

The purpose of this study is to examine how renewable energy consumption moderates the relationship between inequality and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for Brazil, Russia…

The market for energy advice in Germany: a progress review

Marc Ringel, Saranda Mjekic, Michèle Knodt

This study aims to update a 2017 review of trends, barriers and outlooks for the future of the energy advice services market in Germany, as perceived by market actors. With…

Oil industry in the international context, 2010–2017: an analysis of efficiency through the network DEA model

César Lenin Navarro-Chávez, Odette V. Delfin-Ortega, Enrique Guardado Ibarra

The purpose of this paper is to determine the level of technical efficiency of the main oil countries worldwide during the period 2010–2017.

Energy conservation literacy among households in Sub-Sahara Africa

De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Rhoda Ansah Quaigrain, David John Edwards, Mabel Hammond, Mavis Hammond, Chris Roberts

Energy conservation literacy within households is a contemporary and topical issue globally. However, scant research has been conducted on energy-saving literacy amongst Ghanaian…

The relationship between energy consumption and economıc growth in the G7 countries: the time-varying asymmetric causality analysis

Gülfen Tuna, Vedat Ender Tuna, Mirsariyya Aghalarova, Ahmet Bülent Atasoy

This study aims to reveal new information about the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth for the time-varying causality.

A PCA-based variable ranking and selection approach for electric energy load forecasting

Francisco Elânio Bezerra, Flavio Grassi, Cleber Gustavo Dias, Fabio Henrique Pereira

This paper aims to propose an approach based upon the principal component analysis (PCA) to define a contribution rate for each variable and then select the main variables as…

Economic policy uncertainty and other determinants of corporate cash holdings of Australian energy companies

Nga Thu Trinh, Thanh Pham Thien Nguyen, Son Hong Nghiem

This study aims to investigate a new determinant of corporate cash holdings of Australian energy firms: economic policy uncertainty (EPU). Based on two motives for holding cash…

Preferences for service bundles in the energy sector – a survey of German private households

André Hackbarth, Timo Tremml, Sabine Löbbe

The purpose of this study is to examine private households’ preferences for service bundles in the German energy market.

Does oil price uncertainty affect earnings management? Evidence from GCC markets

Abdullah Bugshan, Sally Alnahdi, Husam Ananzeh, Faisal Alnori

Since it is believed that economic growth in oil-rich countries is highly influenced by oil price movements, this study aims to explore the relationship between oil price…

Assessing employees’ job motivation using BWM method and fuzzy goal programming: a case study of a petrochemical company

Sayyid Ali Banihashemi, Mohammad Khalilzadeh

Recognizing the factors affecting employees’ job motivation is one of the necessities that can improve people’s performance and increase their effectiveness. This study aims to…