We study whether the level of household indebtedness is related to the interest rate elasticity of private consumption. Looking at Finnish aggregate data, we find no robust evidence of increased interest rate elasticity of private consumption even as the household sector's debt-to-income ratio...

This paper characterizes the key tradeoffs faced by households in deciding how much solar power to produce privately on their rooftops or to subscribe to in a community solar project, and how these tradeoffs are influenced by a regulator's pricing strategy. Households choose their rooftop- and...

This paper characterizes the key tradeoffs faced by households in deciding how much solar power to produce privately on their rooftops or to subscribe to in a community solar project, and how these trade-offs are influenced by a public utility company’s (or regulator’s) comprehensive pricing...

This research uses representative survey data to elicit the annuitisation preferences of members of the Slovak-funded private pension pillar. The research explores the impact of socioeconomic and sociodemographic variables, as well as some exogenous factors on annuity choices. The following...

Although nearly all households in Vietnam have connected to the national grid, electricity shortage in the residential sector is still an issue. One measure of residential electricity shortage is the micro-renewable energy system (micro-RES), but little is known about the drivers for household...