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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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Direct rebound effect on urban residential electricity use: An empirical study in China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper empirically investigated direct rebound effect of urban residential electricity use in China, using China's 30 provincial government panel data from 1996 to 2010, and built a co-integration equation and a panel error correction model to analyze the direct rebounding effect.
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The potential role of carbon labeling in a green economy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the theory and evidence on the role of product labeling in affecting consumer and firm behavior and conclude that international, multistakeholder organizations have a critical part to play in setting protocols and standards.
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Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors defined the definition of sustainable energy as "the ability to use fossil fuels cleanly, and what might it cost" and defined sustainable energy policy as "how to get there".
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Domestic energy consumption—What role do comfort, habit, and knowledge about the heating system play?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the meaning of comfort and comfort actions, barriers to and motivators for saving energy, and knowledge about the heating system in domestic households, and found that warmth was given most often as the meaning for comfort, and comfort practices were defined as temperature-related actions with low energy use.
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Climate-relevant behavioral spillover and the potential contribution of social practice theory
Nicholas Nash,Lorraine Whitmarsh,Stuart Capstick,Tom Hargreaves,Wouter Poortinga,Gregory Owen Thomas,Elena Sautkina,Dimitrios Xenias +7 more
TL;DR: The literature is split between studies that provide evidence for positive spillover effects (where an intervention targeting an environmentally-conscious behaviour leads to an increase in another functionally related behaviour) and negative spillover effect (where a policy that encourages environmentally-aware behavior leads to a decrease of another functionally-related behaviour) as discussed by the authors.
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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.