Showing papers by "Steve Sorrell published in 2009"
TL;DR: The evidence in favour of Jevons Paradox is far from conclusive, but it does suggest that economywide rebound effects are larger than is conventionally assumed and that energy plays a more important role in driving productivity improvements and economic growth than is normally assumed as discussed by the authors.
860 citations
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01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: Sorrell and Herring as discussed by the authors analyzed the effect of the rebound effect on fuel efficiency and automotive travel in Germany and concluded that the effect is independent of the level of economic activity.
Abstract: Introduction S.Sorrell and H.Herring PART I: MICRO REBOUND EFFECTS The Evidence for Direct Rebound Effects S.Sorrell Fuel Efficiency and Automobile Travel in Germany: An Econometric Analysis of the Rebound Effect M.Frondel , J.Peters and C.Vance PART II: MACRO REBOUND EFFECTS Modelling the Economy-Wide Rebound Effect G.Allen , M.Gilmartin , P.G.McGregor , J.K.Swales and K.Turner Specifying Technology for Analyzing Rebound H.Saunders Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth: The 'Rebound Effect' as a Driver R.U.Ayres and B.Warr Exploring Jevons' Paradox S.Sorrell PART III: REBOUND EFFECTS AND SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION Time-Use Rebound Effects: An Activity-Based View of Consumption M.Jalas Rebound and Rational Public Policy Making R.Levett Avoiding Rebound through a Steady-State Economy J.S.Norgard Sufficiency and the Rebound Effect H.Herring Conclusion S.Sorrell & H.Herring
166 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines the economic, environmental and distributional impacts of an idealised tradable white certificate (TWC) scheme and shows how the impacts are modified when the scheme operates in parallel with the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS).
72 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors applied the techniques of decomposition analysis to estimate the relative contribution of ten variables (termed "key ratios") plus GDP to the change in UK road freight energy use over the period 19892004 inclusive.
67 citations