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in a large-scale field experiment that cross-randomizes energy efficiency subsidies with information about the financial …
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employment on children has been motivated by the rapid increase of female participation rates in the labour market and increased … employment (as opposed to part-time) has little or no effect on the propensity of adolescents to smoke, their life satisfaction …
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Several countries are considering extending Daylight Saving Time (DST) in order to conserve energy, and the U.S. will extend DST by one month beginning in 2007. However, projections that these extensions will reduce electricity consumption rely on extrapolations and simulations rather than...
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Our research investigates the magnitude of the effect of residential energy efficiency audit programs on later …
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emissions have renewed the interest in the development of alternative energy resources. In particular, the Fukushima Daiichi … fossil fuels with renewable energy sources as much as possible and enhancing energy efficiency. In this paper, we discuss … alternative technologies for enhancing renewable energy deployment and energy use efficiency …
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scores under the LEED program. Buildings with above average energy scores have greater energy efficiency post …In the absence of first-best climate policy, energy efficiency has figured prominently among strategies to reduce … Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED). This paper examines the effects of LEED certification on energy efficiency in …
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2022 and the demand for energy efficiency in the UK housing market. We find that the housing market barely reacted to a 60 …
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less prominent motivating force of allocation decisions. At the same time, efficiency concerns increase in importance for …
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In this paper we estimate the interdependence of labour force participation decisions made by Australian couples from 2001 to 2011. We focus on couples with a mature age husband, and estimate the interdependence of the participation decision of the couple. We find that the decision of a wife to...
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related with corporate efficiency. These results point to the fact that high investment sensitivity to cash flow may not be … switching regression models (SRM) incorporating a predicted corporate efficiency index are estimated in this paper in an effort … to clarify the role of cash flow in examining the impact of capital-market imperfections. It is revealed that a firm …
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