services by German households. In the process, we take into account that household behaviour may be influenced by habits, build … large parts of efficiency increases. Household habits have an initial detrimental effect on rebound. They limit the ability … channels that lead to rebound. In the long run, however, if habits are formed on the basis of historic consumption, habits do …

In dieser Analyse schätzen wir den Einfluss von Gewohnheits-(Habits) gegenüber Vergleichsmotiven (Envy) zur Erklärung …In this paper we estimate the relevance of habits versus interpersonal comparisons for the consumption behavior of U … (PSID) covering the time span from 1999 to 2009. We find that both habits, measured as lagged consumption, and envy motives …

invest in EE and to adopt daily energysaving habits. We show that households with eco-friendly behaviors are more likely to … investment in well-differentiated EE measures as well as to steer daily habits towards energy savings. However, no effects are … adopt energy-saving habits; while households with older members are less likely to invest in EE and show fewer eco …