experiments using multiple price lists and real payments predicts various health, energy, and financial outcomes, including … alternate measures shows that our estimated associations between the time-consistent discount factor and health, energy, and …

households replace their old refrigerators and air-conditioners with energy-efficient models. Using household-level electric … summer. To put these results in context we present a simple conceptual framework in which energy-efficient durable goods cost …

energy research. Popp (2002) finds the level of energy-saving R&D depends not only on energy prices, but also on the quality …

, including individual consumption, business investment, and government spending. An effective climate policy will have to modify … the decision calculus for these activities in the direction of more efficient generation and use of energy, lower carbon … intensity of energy, and - more broadly - a more carbon-lean economy. The only approach to doing this on a meaningful scale that …

An important factor driving energy policy over the past two decades has been the Energy Paradox,' the perception that … consumers apply unreasonably high hurdle rates to energy saving investments. We explore one possible explanation for this … (12.3 percent) is close to a discount rate for this investment implied by a CAPM analysis. We conclude that the case for …

match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that … establishments in better managed firms are significantly less energy intensive. They use less energy per unit of output, and also in … practices is associated with a 17.4% reduction in energy intensity. This negative relationship is robust to a variety of …