Energy efficiency and conservation are considered key means for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving other … energy policy goals, but associated market behavior and policy responses have engendered debates in the economic literature …. We review economic concepts underlying consumer decision making in energy efficiency and conservation and examine related …

The recent world energy crisis raises serious questions about the extent to which the United States should increase … oil production and (2) developing one of the world's largest and most competitive sources of renewable energy -- sugarcane … domestic oil production and develop alternative sources of energy. We examine the energy developments in Brazil as an important …

energy. The analysis is conducted using patent data on a panel of 25 countries over the period 1978-2003. It is found that … effective for different renewable energy sources …

climatic changes on economic activity throughout the world. We find three primary results. First, higher temperatures …