Many OECD countries such as the USA, the UK or Switzerland are concerned with the affordability of utility services and the distributional consequences inherent in the pricing strategy of basic goods and services, such as electricity. However, the effectiveness of the electricity tariff as a...

Imperfect information is widely acknowledged to hamper the adoption of energy efficient technologies. In this paper, we study supply-side implications of the associated incentive structure. We build on existing evidence suggesting that energy efficiency owns a credence component, whereby the...

Märkte für energieeffiziente Güter zeichnen sich typischerweise durch Informationsasymmetrien aus. Zertifizierte Öko-Labels einer unabhängigen Drittpartei stellen ein geeignetes Instrument dar, um solche Informationsasymmetrien am Markt zu überwinden und Vertrauen in die Gültigkeit von...