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The economics of energy efficiency: barriers to profitable investments

Schleich, Joachim - Economics Department, European Investment Bank (EIB) - 2007

Improving energy efficiency is seen as a core strategy for a sustainable energy system, because it may contribute to cost savings for companies and private households, cost-effectively reduces greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, increases security of supply for required energy...

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Structural breaks and energy efficiency in Fiji

Rao, B. Bhaskara; Rao, Gyaneshwar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper examines how energy-output ratios in Fiji have responded to the energy crises and in particular if they have declined after the shocks. The expectation is that energy efficiency should improve after the oil shocks. For this purpose we used at first a few simpler procedures and then...

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Transporting behavioral insights to low-income households : a field experiment on energy efficiency investments

Chlond, Bettina; Goeschl, Timo; Kesternich, Martin; … - 2024

Many industrialized countries have recognized the need to mitigate energy cost increases faced by low-income households … insights” are likely components of future policy designs. Applying well-established behavioral insights to low-income …-up in one of the world’s largest energy efficiency assistance programs. Observing investment decisions of over 1,800 low-income …

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Technology gap and China's regional energy efficiency: A parametric metafrontier approach

Lin, Boqiang; Du, Kerui - In: Energy Economics 40 (2013) C, pp. 529-536

This paper analyzes the energy efficiency of China's 30 administrative regions during the period from 1997 to 2010. Most existing studies ignored the variation of production technologies among regions in China. Taking this factor into account, we introduce a parametric metafrontier approach...

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Role of the sharing economy in the achievement of energy efficiency and sustainable economic development : evidence from China

Jin, Hongmei; Li, Hui; Zhao, Tengbiao; Pang, Yu - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 8 (2023) 1, pp. 1-10

Globally, the sharing economy is considered a significant factor in achieving energy efficiency and sustainable economic development (SED) which needs regulatory and academic focus. This article investigates the impact of the sharing economy, including sharing economy users and sharing economy...

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Role of sharing economy in energy transition and sustainable economic development in China

Zhu, Jie; Lin, Nan; Zhu, Hong; Liu, Xianchang - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 8 (2023) 2, pp. 1-12

The sharing economy is a relatively recent phenomenon that aims to promote environmentally friendly practices. The sharing economy is characterized by the convergence of information, marketing and technology to create a new paradigm in which customers value access above ownership, allowing them...

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Do energy-efficient homes improve residents' health? Evidence from insurers' records

Roberdel, Vincent P.; Ossokina, Ioulia V.; van Ommeren, Jos - 2025

This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence of the health benefits of a largescale, nationwide programme of home energy-efficiency retrofits in the Netherlands, exploiting individual medicine use from insurers' records. We demonstrate that these home upgrades improve children's health, as...

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Inefficient markets for energy efficiency: Empirical evidence from the German rental housing market

Taruttis, Lisa; Weber, Christoph - 2022

heating costs - other things being equal. We test this hypothesis by specifying a hedonic price model that reflects this gross …

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Implementation of Energy Efficiency Improvement Measures in Romania and the Role of Professional Accountants

Calu, Daniela Artemisa; Davidescu, Adriana Ana Maria; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic 25 (2023) 63, pp. 479-502

Energy efficiency is one of the main objectives of the European Union's policy. Organisations are trying to implement various measures to improve energy efficiency to optimise their business models. Professional accountants prepare the financial and nonfinancial information of the organisations....

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The influence of organizational factors on the adoption of energy efficiency measures in companies

Vučković, Aleksandar; Džunić, Marija - In: Naše gospodarstvo / Our Economy 69 (2023) 2, pp. 41-49

This paper aims to research the organizational factors influencing the implementation of energy efficiency measures in companies. The analysis was performed on a sample of companies from Serbia included in the World Bank Enterprise Survey. The raw data collected by the World Bank were utilized...

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