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QUANTITATIVE MODELS IN ENERGY POLICY
In: Policy analysis: publ. quarterly for the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 211-234
ISSN: 0098-2067
PAPER IS AN EXAMINATION OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH QUANTITATIVE MODELS HAVE BEEN USED IN THE FORMULATION OF AMERICAN ENERGY POLICY. TWO ISSUES CONFRONTED BY THE 94TH CONGRESS, OIL PRICE DECONTROL AND SYNTHETIC FUELS COMMERCIALIZATION, ARE ANALYZED FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE. THE INFLUENCE OF RESULTS FROM THE USE OF LARGE-SCALE MODELS ON PROPOSED POLICIES IS DESCRIBED.