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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 … certification on average energy consumption. This reflects the fact that energy use is one of a number of attributes that receives …
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in a large-scale field experiment that cross-randomizes energy efficiency subsidies with information about the financial … ambiguous and highly dependent on the information design. Informing consumers that an LED saves 90% in annual energy costs …
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Several countries are considering extending Daylight Saving Time (DST) in order to conserve energy, and the U.S. will …
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energy, has emerged as an increasingly attractive source of fuel, which could address some of the environmental and health …
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extending the lives of others. Using the event study methodology, our findings indicate a wealth transfer from nuclear energy … European countries can be linked to different nuclear energy policies. The shareholder wealth of nuclear and conventional … energy companies in the United States has been unaffected. …
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extending the lives of others. Using the event study methodology, our findings indicate a wealth transfer from nuclear energy … European countries can be linked to different nuclear energy policies. The shareholder wealth of nuclear and conventional … energy companies in the United States has been unaffected. …
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energy, has emerged as an increasingly attractive source of fuel, which could address some of the environmental and health …
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technological advancements including horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Increased energy development likely creates both …
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Using an open-ended contingent valuation survey, we analyze how (i) experience of a power outage due to one of the worst storms ever to hit Sweden and (ii) a cheap talk script affect respondents' WTP to avoid power outages. Experience significantly increases and a cheap talk script decreases the...
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exceeds the benchmark of what the UN considers as modern energy. We find significant effects on households' budget …
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