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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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How Disagreement About Social Costs Leads to Inefficient Energy-Productivity Investment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the governmental time-inconsistency situation as a sequential game and show how the expectation of a more conservative party taking over makes a green government choose an investment level that is inefficient, in that neither of the parties would prefer it to the investment level of a permanent green government.
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Eco-labels, conspicuous conservation and moral licensing: An indirect behavioural rebound effect
TL;DR: In this article , the authors explore eco-labelling through the lens of the rebound literature and find that consumers' willingness to consume environmentally friendly products is positively related to higher individual carbon, water and material footprints.
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History lessons from the late joseon dynasty period of korea: Human technology (ondol), its impacts on forests and people, and the role of the government
Jae Soo Bae,Yeon Su Kim +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, historical records and reconstructed data are used to characterize how the expansion of human technology, Ondol (traditional underfloor heating system), affected different subsystems and their interactions within the SES over time.
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El reto de la eficiencia energética en Europa y el riesgo del efecto rebote: The Challengue of Energy Efficiency in Europe and the Rebound Effect’s Risk
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic literature review was conducted following advanced techniques recommended by the state of the art to explore how the European Union's -EU authorities face the risk of a rebound effect limiting the effectiveness of efforts made energy efficiency oriented.
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Benchmarking domestic gas and electricity consumption to aid local authority carbon reduction policy
TL;DR: In this paper, regression models were used to identify areas within Local Authorities with higher than expected energy consumption for energy efficiency interventions, and the predicted values from these regression models serve as benchmarks of domestic gas and electricity consumption in England having accounted for household income, house size, house kind, house type, tenure and climatic differences.
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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.