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Incentives and anonymity principle : crowding out toward users

Crifo, Patricia; Rullière, Jean-Louis - 2004

anonymity principle. Incentives do matter regarding the crowding effect toward users. …

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Energy Evaluation and Economic Impact Analysis of Green Roofs Applied to a Pilot Region in Aegean Coast of Turkey

Çelik, Serdar; Retzlaff, William; Morgan, Susan; … - 2010

This paper examines the energy savings, environmental benefits, and economic impact of green roof systems applied to a "micro" region in Western Turkey. This subdivision (Artur) in Karaaægaç, Izmir, consists of 1729 residential units, mostly used as summer homes. The units are in 45m2, 60m2,...

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A Review on Energy Consumption from a Socio-Economic Perspective: Reduction through Energy Efficiency and Beyond

Schmidt, Stephan; Weigt, Hannes - 2013

Reducing energy demand and increasing energy efficiency are seen as major elements of the ongoing transformation of energy systems in multiple national and international programs like the EU 20-20-20 targets. Despite the predominately socio-economic nature of energy demand such interdisciplinary...

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Exploring investment requirements for energy efficiency upgrades in the private rental sector

Kren, Janez; Kenny, Eoin; O'Toole, Conor; Shiel, Eva; … - 2025

Improving the energy efficiency of the residential housing sector represents a key challenge in meeting Ireland's carbon reduction targets. While challenges exist across the sector in terms of incentivising upgrades, these difficulties are more pronounced in the rental sector, which suffers from...

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Macroeconomic effects of an energy saving policy in the public sector

Quirion, Philippe - 2002

Nearly all the macroeconomic literature on environmental policies deals with taxes and tradable permits. A policy instrument that still needs to be looked at is a switch in government expenditure away from environmentally-damaging goods, in particular fossil fuels, and toward resource- and...

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Energieeffizienz: Größte Energiequelle oder Quell zusätzlicher Nachfrage?

Achtnicht, Martin; Koesler, Simon - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 7, pp. 515-519

Eine verbesserte Energieeffizienz wird häufig als sinnvoller Weg erachtet, um weniger Treibhausgase zu produzieren und Ressourcen zu schonen. Dabei wird jedoch oft unberücksichtigt gelassen, dass gerade durch die Erhöhung der Energieeffizienz Anreize geschaffen werden, mehr Energie zu nutzen....

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Energy-Saving Technological Change and Household Energy Demand in the U.S.

Kratena, Kurt; Wüger, Michael - 2008

This paper deals with energy saving technical change in U.S. households' energy demand. The framework applied represents a model of demand for non-durables taking into account the durable stock and 'services' (heating/lighting and transport) that result from energy use. Embodied technical change...

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Switching Off: Energy Saving Goals Outshine Incentives—Evidence from a Field Experiment

Borzino, Natalia; Hiepler, Benjamin; Schmitt, Kathrin; … - In: Environmental and Resource Economics 88 (2025) 6, pp. 1499-1540

goals, and tips. Two groups also received additional incentives: monetary rewards or environmental donations. Households … additional monetary or environmental incentives achieved no further savings. Notabl the effects persisted marginally post … setting can be as effective as costly incentives, providing a scalable and economical pathway for energy conservation …

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Agency theory meets matching theory

Macho-Stadler, Inés; Pérez-Castrillo, J. David - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-33

The theory of incentives and matching theory can complement each other. In particular, matching theory can be a tool …

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China and the Evolution of the Present Climate Regime

Carraro, Carlo; Buchner, Barbara - 2003

cooperative effort to control GHG emissions can provide adequate incentives for the US to move back to the Kyoto process and … assesses the participation incentives for the major world countries and regions in these three regimes. …

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