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What Are Cities Worth? Land Rents, Local Productivity, and the Capitalization of Amenity Values
Albouy, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
, productivity, and the total value of amenities from wage and housing-cost data, applying them to U.S. metropolitan areas. The … formulae address how “wage multipliers,” heterogeneity in non-traded firm productivity, and tax-driven amenity value … expropriation affect price capitalization. Wage and housing-cost variations across metros are driven more by productivity than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969346
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The Economics of Renewable Energy
Heal, Geoffrey - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
Greater use of renewable energy is seen as a key component of any move to combat climate change, and is being aggressively promoted as such by the new U.S. administration and by other governments. Yet there is little economic analysis of renewable energy. This paper surveys what is written and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980315
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Accidental Environmentalists? Californian Demand for Teslas and Solar Panels
Kahn, Matthew E.; Delmas, Magali A.; Locke, Stephen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In the absence of a national carbon tax, household driving and electricity consumption impose social costs. Suburbanites drive more and consume more electricity than center city residents. If more suburbanites purchase electric vehicles (EV) and install solar panels, then their greenhouse gas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103512
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Inferring Carbon Abatement Costs in Electricity Markets: A Revealed Preference Approach using the Shale Revolution
Cullen, Joseph A.; Mansur, Erin T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper examines how much carbon emissions from the electricity industry would decrease in response to a carbon price. We show how both carbon prices and cheap natural gas reduce, in a nearly identical manner, the historic cost advantage of coal-fired power plants. The shale revolution has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105918
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Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies
Graff Zivin, Joshua; Kotchen, Matthew; Mansur, Erin T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
In this paper, we develop a methodology for estimating marginal emissions of electricity demand that vary by location and time of day across the United States. The approach takes account of the generation mix within interconnected electricity markets and shifting load profiles throughout the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105924
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The Persistence of Moral Suasion and Economic Incentives: Field Experimental Evidence from Energy Demand
Ito, Koichiro; Ida, Takanori; Tanaka, Makoto - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
Firms and governments often use moral suasion and economic incentives to influence intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for various economic activities. To investigate the persistence of such interventions, we randomly assigned households to moral suasion and dynamic pricing that stimulate energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011159888
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Assessing the Energy-Efficiency Gap
Newell, Richard; Stavins, Robert Norman; Gerarden, Todd D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and environmental damages associated with energy use, but these technologies appear not to be adopted by consumers and businesses to the degree that would apparently be justified, even on a purely financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011159902
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The Perverse Impact of Calling for Energy Conservation
Price, Michael K.; Holladay, J. Scott; Wanamaker, Marianne - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In periods of high energy demand, utilities frequently issue "emergency" appeals for conservation over peak hours to reduce brownout risk. We estimate the impact of such appeals using high-frequency data on actual and forecasted electricity generation, pollutant emission measures, and real-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262789
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Temperature, Human Health, and Adaptation: A Review of the Empirical Literature
Deschenes, Olivier - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
This paper presents a survey of the empirical literature studying the relationship between health outcomes, temperature, and adaptation to temperature extremes. The objective of the paper is to highlight the many remaining gaps in the empirical literature and to provide guidelines for improving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265743
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Goldilocks Economies? Temperature Stress and the Direct Impacts of Climate Change
Heal, Geoffrey; Park, Jisung - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
supply, and labor productivity, driven in large part by extreme heat stress. There is also a suggestion of an optimal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266637