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Energy efficiency and consumption — the rebound effect — a survey
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In this paper, a review of some of the relevant literature from the US offers definitions and identifies sources including direct, secondary, and economy-wide sources and concludes that the range of estimates for the size of the rebound effect is very low to moderate.About:
This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2000-06-01. It has received 1867 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rebound effect (conservation) & Energy consumption.read more
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The energy rebound effect of residential buildings: Evidence from urban and rural areas in China
TL;DR: Zhang et al. as discussed by the authors measured the direct rebound effect of residential buildings, considering the differences in the rebound effect for residential buildings between urban and rural China over the period 1994-2016.
The Rebound Effect: Microeconomic Definitions, Extensions and Limitations
John Dimitropoulos,Steve Sorrell +1 more
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Incorporating energy rebound effect in technological advancement and green building construction: A case study of China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the impacts of technological advancement on energy consumption in China's building construction industry by incorporating direct rebound effect and found that technological advancement is not as effective as expected because the anticipated energy conservation from efficiency improvement would be partially or even totally offset if energy rebound effect exists.
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Social conditions to better realize the environmental gains of alternative energy: Degrowth and collective ownership
TL;DR: The energy boomerang effect as discussed by the authors occurs when decarbonizing the energy supply increases total energy use, which is not an outcome of alternative energy development per se, but only of energy development in a particular kind of society.
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Sustainability Innovation Contests: Evaluating Contributions with an Eco Impact-Innovativeness Typology
TL;DR: In this paper, the suitability of innovation contests to generate sustainable-oriented innovation (SOI) was examined and the resulting degree of innovativeness in conventional and ecological terms using a case study of an innovation contest in the shoe industry.
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Economics and consumer behavior
Angus Deaton,John Muellbauer +1 more
TL;DR: Deaton and Muellbauer as mentioned in this paper introduced generations of students to the economic theory of consumer behaviour and used it in applied econometrics, including consumer index numbers, household characteristics, demand, and household welfare comparisons.
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Technology, Prices, and the Derived Demand for Energy
Ernst R. Berndt,David O. Wood +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an industrial demand for energy is essentially a derived demand: the firm's demand for the energy is an input, derived from demand for a firm's output, which is an output.
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Individual Discount Rates and the Purchase and Utilization of Energy-Using Durables
TL;DR: In this article, a model of individual behavior in the purchase and utilization of energy-using durables is presented, where the tradeoff between capital costs for more energy efficient appliances and operating costs for the appliances is emphasized.
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Economic Implications of Mandated Efficiency in Standards for Household Appliances
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the indiscriminate use of mandated standards will backfire, but a mix of selective standards and reliance on prices as a restraint can be effective.
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Qualitative Choice Analysis: Theory, Econometrics, and an Application to Automobile Demand
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a detailed study of automobile demand and use, presenting forecasts based on the powerful new techniques of qualitative choice analysis and standard regression techniques, which are combined to analyze situations that neither alone can accurately forecast.