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Measuring tastes for equity and aggregate wealth behind the veil of ignorance
Heufer, Jan; Shachat, Jason M.; Xu, Yan - 2018
We propose an instrument to measure individuals' social preferences regarding equity and efficiency behind a veil of ignorance. We pair portfolio and wealth distribution choice problems which have a common budget set. For a given bundle, the distribution over an individual's wealth is the same...
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The two faces of independence: Betweenness and homotheticity
Burghart, Daniel R.; Epper, Thomas; Fehr, Ernst - 2014
Many studies document failures of expected utility's key assumption, the independence axiom. Here, we show that independence can be decomposed into two distinct axioms - betweenness and homotheticity - and that these two axioms are necessary and sufficient for independence. Thus, independence...
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Effects of norms, warm-glow and time use on household recycling
Halvorsen, Bente - 2004
The aim of this paper is to quantify the relative importance of motivations based on warm-glow, social and moral norms and cost of time used recycling on household recycling efforts. We also test for crowding-out of intrinsic motivations when recycling is perceived as mandatory. We find that the...
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Energy-efficient homes: Effects on poverty, environment and comfort
Roberdel, Vincent P.; Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Karamychev, … - 2023
Energy efficiency improvements in low income housing are increasingly used as a policy instrument to alleviate poverty. Our paper shows that this may come at the expense of reduced environmental benefits. We follow 125,000 Dutch low-income households during eight years and exploit a...
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Effects of rescaling the EU energy label on household preferences for top-rated appliances
Faure, Corinne; Guetlein, Marie-Charlotte; Schleich, Joachim - 2020
The European Union has decided to replace its current A+++ to D labelling scheme for cold appliances with a rescaled A …
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Poor energy ratings when appliances convey?
Faure, Corinne; Schleich, Joachim - 2020
an appliance and may therefore lead to the purchase of less energy-efficient appliances. Employing a demo … adoption of energy-efficient appliances (refrigerators or fridge-freezer combinations, freezers, dishwashers, and washing … machines). The findings suggest that the take-up of energy-efficient appliances is on average about 8%-points lower when …
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Residential renovations: Understanding cost-disruption trade-offs
Curtis, John A.; Grilli, Gianluca; Lynch, Muireann - 2024
retrofit disruption, finding it represents a substantial proportion of associated energy cost savings among some households … experience of many households investing in energy retrofits but also of government retrofit schemes falling far short of policy … targets. Just 1-in-4 households are actively receptive to retrofit policy supports, and disruption posing a significant …
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Cooling efficiency improvement
Chen, Jingliang; Shen, Bo; Liu, Lulu; Yao, Lin; Gao, Yu - 2023
With the improvement of people's living standards all over the world, the demand for cooling (both space cooling and refrigeration) continues to grow. The increase in cooling-related energy consumption has a growing impact on global climate change. The importance of improving the energy...
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Intergenerational transmission of risk attitudes: A revealed preference approach
Leuermann, Andrea; Necker, Sarah - 2011
This study investigates whether the willingness to take income risks revealed by occupational choice is transmitted from parents to their children. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that fathers' riskiness of job is a significant determinant of children's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307908
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Intergenerational Transmission of Risk Attitudes: A Revealed Preference Approach
Leuermann, Andrea; Necker, Sarah - 2011
This study investigates whether the willingness to take income risks revealed by occupational choice is transmitted from parents to their children. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that fathers' riskiness of job is a significant determinant of children's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601054