Social Norms and Energy Conservation
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In this paper, a series of programs run by a company called OPOWER to send Home Energy Report letters to residential utility customers comparing their electricity use to that of their neighbors is evaluated.About:
This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2011-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2142 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Decile & Energy efficiency gap.read more
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Recent developments in the econometrics of program evaluation
TL;DR: In the last two decades, much research has been done on the econometric and statistical analysis of such causal effects as discussed by the authors, which has reached a level of maturity that makes it an important tool in many areas of empirical research in economics, including labor economics, public finance, development economics, industrial organization, and other areas in empirical microeconomics.
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Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana
TL;DR: In this article, the role of social learning in the diffusion of a new agri cultural technology in Ghana is investigated, using unique data on farmers' communication patterns to define each individual's information neighborhood, finding evidence that farmers adjust their inputs to align with those of their information neighbors who were surpris ingly successful in previous periods.
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The short-run and long-run effects of behavioral interventions: Experimental evidence from energy conservation
Hunt Allcott,Todd Rogers +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that initial reports cause high-frequency "action and backsliding", but these cycles attenuate over time. And if reports are discontinued after two years, effects are relatively persistent, decaying at 10-20 percent per year.
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Global Energy Assessment: Toward a Sustainable Future
TL;DR: The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) as mentioned in this paper brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options.
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Behavior and Energy Policy
TL;DR: It is argued that a broader approach is merited, one that draws on insights from the behavioral sciences, to develop basic behavioral science into large-scale business and policy innovations.
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