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Price and income elasticities of residential energy demand in Germany
Schulte, Isabella; Heindl, Peter - 2016
(electricity and heating) in Germany. Using official expenditure data from 1993 to 2008, we estimate an expenditure elasticity for … electricity of 0.3988 and of 0.4055 for space heating. The own price elasticity for electricity is -0.4310 and -0.5008 in the case … of space heating. Disaggregation of households by expenditure and demographic composition reveals that the behavioural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504341
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Do environmental benefits matter? A choice experiment among house owners in Germany
Achtnicht, Martin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
Residential buildings strongly contribute to global CO2 emissions due to the high energy demand for electricity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756438
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Factors influencing German house owners' preferences on energy retrofits
Achtnicht, Martin; Madlener, Reinhard - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
In this paper, we identify key drivers and barriers for the adoption of building energy retrofits in Germany, which is promoted by public policy as an important measure to address the future challenges of climate change and energy security. We analyze data from a 2009 survey of more than 400...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957637
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Do environmental benefits matter? A choice experiment among house owners in Germany
Achtnicht, Martin - 2010
Residential buildings strongly contribute to global CO2 emissions due to the high energy demand for electricity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302995
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Factors influencing German house owners' preferences on energy retrofits
Achtnicht, Martin; Madlener, Reinhard - 2012
In this paper, we identify key drivers and barriers for the adoption of building energy retrofits in Germany, which is promoted by public policy as an important measure to address the future challenges of climate change and energy security. We analyze data from a 2009 survey of more than 400...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309493
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What drives WTP for energy efficiency when moving? Evidence from a Germany-wide household survey
Kesternich, Martin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
households. The estimation results suggest that the WTP is not mainly determined by socioeconomic attributes like household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869219
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What drives WTP for energy efficiency when moving? Evidence from a Germany-wide household survey
Kesternich, Martin - 2010
households. The estimation results suggest that the WTP is not mainly determined by socioeconomic attributes like household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304324
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Ursachen von Stromsperren in Privathaushalten: Empirische Ergebnisse aus der Allgemeinen Sozialberatung
Heindl, Peter; Liessem, Verena - 2017
This article investigates factors correlated with the suspension of electricity supply in German households because of … household income or expenditure on electricity, but should also take cognitive and psychological factors into account which are … utility arrears. Utility arrears and power cut-offs occur frequently in households which receive basic social security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757671
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Consumers' response to price increases: Evidence from gasoline markets
Tsanko, Ilona - 2024
Understanding how consumers respond to price increases is key when designing price-related policies. Using microdata on vehicle usage and paid fuel prices, I analyze consumers' response, focusing on three channels of mitigation: distance driven, fuel efficiency, and search. On average, consumers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014506975
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What Drives the Efficiency of Hard Coal Fuelled Electricity Generation? An Empirical Assessment
Voigt, Sebastian; Hoffmann, Tim - 2009
The efficiency of electricity generation in hard coal fired power plants varies considerably from country to country …. Furthermore, higher prices should lead to more efficient electricity generation since production costs increase with growing hard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298728