This study was prepared by Andreas Kuhlmann, while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in September 2006 and was accepted as a Ph.D. thesis by the Economics Department of the University of Munich. The subject of this study is the analysis of network...

This thesis is composed of three essays on the residential electricity demand and its efficient use. In order to design and implement effective energy policy measures it is important for policy makers and utilities to have information on the response of consumers to an increase in electricity...