Energy Pricing Policy and Environmental Quality in Nigeria: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Approach
The fuel subsidy policy as a policy had been argued to hamper efforts at environmental sustainability. Thus, this study investigates the extent to which the removal of fuel subsidy influences the level of carbon emissions in Nigeria over a 5 year period. It adopts the recursive dynamic version of the partnership for economic policy computable general equilibrium model based on the 2006 Nigerian...
Published at International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
Volume 7
Issue 1
Pages 9
Published in 2017
Akinyemi, O., Alege, O., Ajayi, O. and Okodua, H.
AKINYEMI OPEYEMI » Dr Akinyemi is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Economics and Development Studies at Covenant University, Nigeria. She obtained her Bachelor, Masters and doctoral degrees from Covenant University in 2009, 2012 and 2017 respectively. Her main research interests include Energy Economics (specifically energy policy and environmental quality), sustainable development economics and... view full profile