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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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Economic Returns to Energy-Efficient Investments in the Housing Market: Evidence from Singapore*
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed almost 37,000 transactions in the Singapore housing market to estimate the economic impact of the Green Mark program on Singapore's residential sector, and the results suggest that the economic returns to green building are substantial.
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The grey side of ICT
TL;DR: In this article, a multilevel taxonomy of rebound effects is taken from the energy economics literature in order to structure the discussion on the environmental implications of increasing use of ICT products and applications.
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Energy Services: A conceptual review
TL;DR: A content analysis and literature review aimed at answering the question: ‘what are energy services’ revealed a number of recurring themes, such as ‘useful energy/work’ and the provision of ‘benefits’ to people.
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Enabling Sustainable Production-Consumption Systems
Louis Lebel,Sylvia Lorek +1 more
TL;DR: There is a growing body of scholarship exploring a diverse range of initiatives and experiments aimed at enabling sustainable productionconsumption systems (PCSs), which make divergent assumptions about market institutions, government regulation, sociotechnical innovation, and actor partnerships.
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The Economics of Managing Scarce Water Resources
TL;DR: A survey of the literature on the economics of water scarcity and water demand can be found in this article, where the authors examine demand estimation in diverted uses (urban, agricultural, and industrial), as well as the...
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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.