Sexton, Alison L.; Beatty, Timothy K.M. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 107 (2014) PA, pp. 290-307
Daylight Savings Time (DST) is promoted as a tool to conserve energy. However, ex post reduced form estimates of the … individuals change their time use in response to the abrupt shift in daylight associated with DST. We leverage two natural … experiments to identify the effect of DST on behavior. First, we study periods around the annual shift in daylight induced by …