Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name:  Isamu Matsukawa
Author-Name:  Yoshifumi Fujii 
Author-Name:  Seishi Madono
Title:  Price, Environmental Regulation, and Fuel Demand: Econometric Estimates for Japanese Manufacturing Industries
Classification-JEL: F0
Pages:  37-56
Volume:  Volume14
Issue:  Number 4
Year:  1993
Abstract:  In this paper, we analyze interfuel substitution according to Japanese manufacturing sectors. We examine the impact of environmental regulations and technical changes on fuel choice, and the effects of price on fuel substitution, using pooled data on fuel consumption and purchase price for 58 regions in the period 1980-88. The empirical results, based on the estimation of translog unit fuel cost functions by sector, indicate that (1) substitution possibilities were found for most combinations of fuel types in every sector; and (2) environmental regulations and technical changes significantly impact fuel consumption for most sectors, but their effects on fuel demand differ both across sectors and fuel types.
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