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Gererden, Todd D.; Newell, Richard G.; Stavins, Robert N. - 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...

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An assessment of the energy-efficiency gap and its implications for climate change policy

Gerarden, Todd D.; Newell, Richard G.; Stavins, Robert N.; … - 2015

Improving end-use energy efficiency-that is, the energy-efficiency of individuals, households, and firms as they consume energy-is often cited as an important element in efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. Arguments for improving energy efficiency usually rely on the idea that...

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Comparing price and non-price approaches to urban water conservation

Olmstead, Sheila M.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2008

Urban water conservation is typically achieved through prescriptive regulations, including the rationing of water for particular uses and requirements for the installation of particular technologies. A significant shift has occurred in pollution control regulations toward market-based policies...

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The effects of environmental regulation on technology diffusion : the case of chlorine manufacturing

Snyder, Lori Diane; Miller, Nolan; Stavins, Robert N. - 2003

We use a hazard model to estimate the effect of environmental regulation on the diffusion of membrane cell production … technology in the chlorine manufacturing industry. We estimate the effect of regulation on both the adoption of the membrane … technology at existing plants and on the exit of existing plants using older technologies. We find that environmental regulation …

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