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reduced-form regressions show that while the VKTs driven by gasoline cars decrease when the price of gasoline rises, their … fuel economy tends to get worse. It is unclear why this happens. Perhaps attempts to save on gasoline-cutting on solo … that seek to address environmental externalities, such as a carbon tax. …
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We study residential demand for electricity and gas, working with nationwide household-level data that cover recent years, namely 1997-2007. Our dataset is a mixed panel/multi-year cross-sections of dwellings/households in the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States as of 2008. To our...
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Using a unique set of data and exploiting a large-scale natural experiment, we estimate the effect of real-time usage information on residential electricity consumption in Northern Ireland. Starting in April 2002, the utility replaced prepayment meters with “smart” meters that allow the...
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We study residential demand for electricity and gas, working with nationwide household-level data that cover recent years, namely 1997-2007. Our dataset is a mixed panel/multi-year cross-sections of dwellings/households in the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States as of 2008. To our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691674
Using a unique set of data and exploiting a large-scale natural experiment, we estimate the effect of real-time usage information on residential electricity consumption in Northern Ireland. Starting in April 2002, the utility replaced prepayment meters with "smart" meters that allow the consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009249157
We use a unique dataset that combines the responses from an original survey of households, information about the structural characteristics of their homes, utility-provided longitudinal electricity usage records, plus utility program participation information, to study the uptake of energy...
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-effectiveness of incentives of size comparable to that in the Italian tax credit program is generally not favorable. …
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Using a unique set of data and exploiting a large-scale natural experiment, we estimate the effect of real-time usage information on residential electricity consumption in Northern Ireland. Starting in April 2002, the utility replaced prepayment meters with advanced meters that allow the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616833
February 2007, Italian homeowners have been able to avail themselves of tax credits on the purchase and installation costs of … around the introduction of the tax credits. Our regressions control for dwelling and household characteristics and economy … that the tax credits policy had no effect whatsoever or that free riding was rampant, i.e., people are now accepting …
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Concerns about climate change are growing, and so is the demand for information about the costs and benefits of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. This paper seeks to estimate the benefits of climate change mitigation, as measured by the public’s willingness to pay for such policies. We...
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