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Axel Pierru

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A tutorial on building policy models as mixed-complementarity problems

F Murphy, A Pierru, Y Smeers - Interfaces, 2016 - pubsonline.informs.org
After 50 years of development, building and solving mixed-complementarity problems (MCPs)
have become commonplace for policy models that analyze markets. These models are …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of subfoveal choroidal thickness after cataract surgery in enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography

A Pierru, M Carles, P Gastaud… - … Ophthalmology & Visual …, 2014 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: Tocompare subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) before and after uneventful
cataract surgery using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT). …

Lowering Saudi Arabia's fuel consumption and energy system costs without increasing end consumer prices

W Matar, F Murphy, A Pierru, B Rioux - Energy Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
Using a multi-sector equilibrium model of the Saudi energy system that handles administered
prices in a mixed-complementarity formulation, we present results from a set of policy …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient industrial energy use: The first step in transitioning Saudi Arabia's energy mix

W Matar, F Murphy, A Pierru, B Rioux, D Wogan - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
In Saudi Arabia, industrial fuel prices are administered below international prices and firms
make decisions based on low energy prices, increasing domestic energy demand. This …

OPEC's Impact on Oil Price Volatility: The Role of Spare

A Pierru, JL Smith, T Zamrik - The Energy Journal, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
OPEC claims to hold and use spare production capacity to stabilize the crude oil market. We
study the impact of that buffer on the volatility of oil prices. After estimating the stochastic …

[HTML][HTML] The economic impact of price controls on China's natural gas supply chain

B Rioux, P Galkin, F Murphy, F Feijoo, A Pierru… - Energy Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite significant progress made by China in liberalizing its natural gas market, certain key
areas such as market access and pricing mechanisms remain controlled by the government…

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Saudi Arabia's economic reforms: Insights from a DSGE model

J Blazquez, M Galeotti, B Manzano, A Pierru… - Economic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 includes the creation of a value-added tax (VAT), the enactment
of domestic energy price reforms, and the deployment of renewable energy. We assess …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the effects of price controls using mixed complementarity models

F Murphy, A Pierru, Y Smeers - European Journal of Operational Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Government involvement in managing domestic prices of energy and other commodities is a
major issue in emerging economies. We examine one aspect of the problem, price controls, …

Estimating the household consumption function in Saudi Arabia: an error correction approach

G Al Gahtani, CA Bollino, S Bigerna, A Pierru - Applied Economics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We estimate a micro-founded life-cycle consumption model for Saudi Arabia over the period
1970–2017 using error correction model procedures. Dynamic adjustments are significant, …

[HTML][HTML] The opportunity cost of domestic oil consumption for an oil exporter: Illustration for Saudi Arabia

F Karanfil, A Pierru - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
We develop a partial equilibrium framework to assess the opportunity cost of domestic oil
consumption for an oil-exporting country. We show that the opportunity cost depends on …