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GENERAL & APPLIED ECONOMICS

Residential energy demand elasticity in Ghana: an application of the quadratic almost ideal demand systems (QUAIDS) model

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Article: 2082670 | Received 15 Jul 2021, Accepted 17 May 2022, Published online: 05 Jun 2022

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