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Overview
What you will study
Electricity distribution losses due to theft and non-repayment of bills are a costly burden for the power sector in developing countries, leading to significant financial losses and poor service delivery.
In the Do Reward and Reprimand Policies Work in Reducing Electricity Distribution Losses course offered by American University of Sharjah (AUS), we apply an instrumental variable and fuzzy regression discontinuity designs to monthly electricity data at feeder level to evaluate the effect of the policy on within-feeder change in losses. Electricity outage duration predicted by the policy is used as an instrument for actual power outage duration. Our estimates imply that an additional hour of power outages reduces electricity losses by 3 to 5 percentage points; this translates into a 12%-15% reduction in monthly electricity losses for the average feeder. We find smaller effects for feeders in high and very high loss areas.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Electricity distribution losses
- The power sector in developing countries
- Reward and reprimand policy
- Loss reduction
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 1 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
More details
- Open to public with no prior registration.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Environmental Economics & PolicyAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- We will consider exceptional non-PhDs under some circumstances on a case-by-case basis.
- Representatives of the relevant governments who wish to share their research with our audience are also welcome to join our series.
Tuition Fee
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International
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 AED for the full programme during 1 days. -
National
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 AED for the full programme during 1 days.
- The seminars are free.
Living costs for Sharjah
3400 - 5200 AED /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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