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title: Assessing Price Elasticity in US Residential Electricity Consumption: A Comparison of Monthly and Annual Data with Recession Implications
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5141364/
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updated: 2026-09-26
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identifier: SSRN 5141364
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5141364
featured: 2025-02-26
citations: 11
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
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# Assessing Price Elasticity in US Residential Electricity Consumption: A Comparison of Monthly and Annual Data with Recession Implications

The study analyzes state-level data since 2001 to understand how changes in electricity prices impact demand and how economic shocks, such as recessions, affect electricity consumption.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5141364
- Identifier: SSRN 5141364
- Released: 2025-02-20
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 86 (2025-02-26): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-02-26/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 11
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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