John H. Herbert

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The Development of Residential Markets for Natural Gas in the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

This work traces the development of residential natural gas markets in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. It examines how social, economic, and technological factors interrelated to bring a relatively new energy source from obscurity to general acceptance by the population. The author credits the appearance of particular appliances which helped spawn natural gas use, notes legislative developments such as the Natural Gas Act of 1938 and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and shows the various effects of regulation and price changes on the market. The author also demonstrates the use of a general method for performing a regression analysis when the historical data are poorly measured.

This study will be of interest to energy economists, econometricians, and industry specialists, as well as economic and social historians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 1992
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313066696
• Artikelnr.: 37817742

Autorenporträt

JOHN H. HERBERT is Senior Economist with the Energy Information Administration and an Adjunct Professor of Statistics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has spent more than fifteen years as an energy analyst in both the public and private sectors, with ten years devoted to the natural gas industry specifically.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction The Market near the Turn of the Century Changes in the
Market during the 1920s The 1930s and the Great Depression The Second World
War and Its Aftermath Growth in the Market between 1950 and 1973 Lack of
Growth in Markets after 1973 Quantitative Analyses for the Period after
1960 Summary and Conclusion Appendix I: Additional Estimates Appendix II:
Estimates from Various Studies Appendix III: A New Economic Model Based on
Balestra's Model Appendix IV: Data Used to Estimate the Equations in
Chapters 2 and 3 Bibliographic Essay Index