Will small energy consumers be faster in transition? Evidence from the early shift from coal to oil in Latin America
Fecha
2012Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
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10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.054
Resumen
This paper provide evidence of the early transition from coal to oil for 20 Latin American
countries over the first half of the 20th century, which does not fit the transition experiences of large
energy consumers. These small energy consumers had earlier and faster transitions than leading nations.
We also provide evidence for alternative sequences (inverse, revertible) in the transition from ...
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This paper provide evidence of the early transition from coal to oil for 20 Latin American
countries over the first half of the 20th century, which does not fit the transition experiences of large
energy consumers. These small energy consumers had earlier and faster transitions than leading nations.
We also provide evidence for alternative sequences (inverse, revertible) in the transition from coal to
oil. Furthermore, we demonstrate that ‘leapfrogging’ allowed a set of follower economies to reach the
next rung of the energy ladder (oil domination) 30 years in advance of the most developed economies.
We examine these follower economies, where transition took place earlier and faster than the cases
historically known, in order to understand variation within the energy transitions and to expand the
array of feasible pathways of future energy transitions. We find that being a small energy consumer
makes a difference for the way the energy transition takes place; but also path dependence (including
trade and technological partnerships), domestic energy endowment (which dictates relative prices) and
policy decisions seem to be the variables that shaped past energy transitions. [--]
Materias
Energy transition,
Coal,
Petroleum,
Latin America
Editor
Elsevier
Publicado en
Energy Policy 50 (2012) 50–61
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Economía /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ekonomia Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
This work is the result of research projects (SEJ2007-60445 and ECO2010-15882) co-financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology and the European Union through FEDER.