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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.
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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.

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Self-licensing : When and why people give in to temptation

Irene Blanken
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Investing in energy use and production to mitigate and to adapt to climate change

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on improving the energy efficiency of domestic appliances and provide a longitudinal analysis of the evolution of US housing and its sensitivity to climate, with the objective of forecasting the long-run impact of climate change on both residential gas and electricity consumptions.
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Innovation in Financing Energy-Efficient and Renewable Energy Upgrades: An Evaluation of Property Assessed Clean Energy for California Residences

TL;DR: Governments must consider that behavioral responses may result in lower efficacy than desired and should consider pairing financing tools with instruments that concurrently promote reduced energy consumption.

Industrial Energy Consumption Forecasting: The Things that Matter

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the benefits of utilizing a materials-enhanced framework for industrial energy modeling and examined the costs of developing such a framework and the limitations particularly when considering the longer term.
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Estimating Heating-Related GHG Emissions: The Advantage of a Household Composition-Based Survey Approach

TL;DR: Most studies that focus on heating-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions do so with either a focus on technical aspects or an attitude and behavior of the individuals involved in the emissions as mentioned in this paper.
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Economics and consumer behavior

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

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.
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