Energy policy is a key area in all of the world's economies, this book integrates physical, technical, economic and social concerns.

Part I New models and new modelling methodologies 1 Methodological advances in energy modelling: 1970-90, 2 International markets and energy prices: the POLES model 3 ERASME: a short-term energy forecasting model for the European Community 4 The energy model MIDAS 5 Bi-proportional methods and inter-industrial dynamics: application to energy demand in France 6 Gas contract portfolio management: experiments with a stochastic programming approach 7 Modelling the European gas a market: a comparison of several scenarios Part II Application to particular energy policy problems 8 World energy outlooks 9 Energy shocks and the demand for energy 10 Modelling the petroleum spot market: a vector autoregressive approach 11 Fiscal harmonization on oil products within the EC: problems and prospects 12 Energy tax increases as a way to reduce CO2 Emissions 13 Energy conservation and economic performance in Japan: an econometric approach 14 Electricity futures markets