Can Nighttime Light Data Be Used to Estimate Electric Power Consumption? New Evidence from Causal-Effect Inference
Nighttime light data are often used to estimate some socioeconomic indicators, such as energy consumption, GDP, population, etc. However, whether there is a causal relationship between them needs further study. In this paper, we propose a causal-effect inference method to test whether nighttime ligh...
Main Authors: | Yongguang Zhu, Deyi Xu, Saleem H. Ali, Ruiyang Ma, Jinhua Cheng |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-08-01
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Series: | Energies |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/16/3154 |
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