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Empirical essays on energy expenditures, fuel poverty, and health
Meier, Helena - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009126131
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Low carbon pathways
Gupta, Himanshu - 2015
India's climate debate encompasses issues other than just energy choices and energy efficiency. It is an integrated puzzle around lifestyle choices, the aspirations of 1.2 billion people, and informed actions on the water, air quality and climate fronts. In the wake of the upcoming COP-21 talks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287039
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Measuring and explaining the limited take-up of the housing benefit in the Netherlands
Rouwendal, Jan - 2002 - This version: March 14, 2002
It is well known that the take-up rate of the Dutch housing benefit and othermeans tested benefits is substantially below 100%. In order to measure non-take up oneusually has to simulate entitlement to the benefits. In this paper we take a closer look atthe quality of the simulation. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326977
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Recent changes in housing policies and their distributional impact across Europe
Figari, Francesco; Hollan, Katarina; Matsaganis, Manos; … - 2019
This paper aims to explore how housing allowances and mortgage interest tax relief have evolved in recent years, against the background of falling disposable incomes and rising housing costs. The analysis focuses on seven EU countries (Greece, Italy, Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028976
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Measuring and Explaining the Limited Take-Up of the Housing Benefit in the Netherlands
Rouwendal, Jan - 2015
It is well known that the take-up rate of the Dutch housing benefit and other means tested benefits is substantially below 100%. In order to measure non-take up one usually has to simulate entitlement to the benefits. In this paper we take a closer look at the quality of the simulation. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014117862
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Off-balance-sheet equity: the engine for energy efficiency capital mobilization
Ablaza, Alexander; Liu, Yang; Llado, Mikhael Fiorello - 2020
The International Energy Agency estimates that $24.5 trillion of energy efficiency (EE) investments will be needed through 2040. Debt- and self-financed projects are expected to contribute only a third of this capital due to multiple barriers. On the one hand, self-financed projects require...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289842
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Energiearmut : Stand der Forschung, nationale Programme und regionale Modellprojekte in Deutschland, Österreich und Großbritannien
Kopatz, Michael; Spitzer, Markus; Christanell, Anja - 2010
Energiearmut wird durch steigende Energiepreise und die gleichzeitig steigende Armut auch in der europäischen Union ein … über den Stand der Forschung zu Energiearmut sowie der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Diskussion in Deutschland … einkommensschwache Menschen eingegangen. In Folge werden kurz nationale Strategien zur Armutsbekämpfung in Großbritannien und Deutschland …
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Distributional effects of imputed rents in five European countries
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Smeeding, Timothy M. - In: Journal of housing economics 19 (2010) 3, pp. 167-179
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009300858
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People or places? : factors associated with the presence of domestic energy efficiency measures in England
Leicester, Andrew; Stoye, George - 2013
We use English household-level survey data from 1996 to 2010 to explore whether economic market failures play a significant role in explaining the presence of energy efficiency measures (loft insulation, cavity wall insulation and full double glazing) in residential properties. There appears to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754744
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Efficiency and distributional impacts of tradable white certificates compared to taxes, subsidies and regulations
Quirion, Philippe; Giraudet, Louis-Gaëtan - 2008
Tradable White Certificates (TWC) schemes, also labelled Energy-Efficiency Certificates schemes, were recently implemented in Great Britain, Italy and France. Energy suppliers have to fund a given quantity of energy efficiency measures, or to buy so-called "white certificates" from other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008798522