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The demand for coal among China’s rural households: Estimates of price and income elasticities 

Meixuan Teng Paul J. BurkeHua Liao

Working Paperhttp://ceep.bit.edu.cn/english/publications/wp/index.htm

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy ResearchBeijing Institute of TechnologyNo.5 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian DistrictBeijing 100081March 2019

This paper can be cited as: Teng M-X, Burke P J, Liao H. 2019. The demand for coal among China’s rural households: Estimates of price and income elasticities. CEEP-BIT Working Paper.

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71673026, 71642004, 71521002), China’s National Key R&D Program (2016YFA0602801), the Special Fund for Joint Development Program of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, and the Australian Research Council (DE160100750). The paper was presented at the Chinese Economists Society 2018 China Annual Conference, the 9th Annual Conference of China’s Energy Economics and Management, and a seminar at the Beijing Institute of Technology. Jianglong Li provided constructive suggestions. The views expressed are solely the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporting agencies or the authors’ affiliations.

© 2019 by Meixuan Teng, Paul J. Burke, and Hua Liao. All rights reserved.

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