Showing papers on "Rebound effect (conservation) published in 2005"

The Effect of Improved Fuel Economy on Vehicle Miles Traveled: Estimating the Rebound Effect Using U.S. State Data, 1966-2001

Abstract: We estimate the rebound effect for motor vehicles, by which improved fuel efficiency causes additional travel, using a panel of US states for 1966-2001. Our model accounts for endogenous changes in fuel efficiency, distinguishes between autocorrelation and lagged effects, includes a measure of the stringency of fuel-economy standards, and interacts the rebound effect with income. At sample averages of variables, our 3SLS estimates of the short- and long-run rebound effect are 4.7% and 22.0%. But they decline substantially with income: with variables at 1997-2001 levels they become 2.6% and 12.1%, considerably smaller than typically assumed for policy analysis.

Factor Decomposition Analysis of 1985-90-95 Linked Environmental Household Accounts Using Input-Output Table

Abstract: Recently UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) has advocated an action plan focused on new systems of production and consumption as a final step towards sustainable society, after its decades of work on cleaner production To achieve the goal, however, so-called "rebound effects" require serious attention, for such effects might offset the environmental benefits of eco-efficient products In this study, it was tried to quantitatively clarify the effect based on the method that have developed, ie environmental household accounts using input-output table This study first extend the analysis using 1985-90-95 input output table in "linked" form, and then decompose the change in the induced CO2 emission in the decade into three parts; the effect of the change in consumption structure, the effect of the income increase, and the effect of the technological change Through the analysis, the changes that are attributable to the rebound effect are identified, and their causes are clarified The present method, together with the results, provides a base for the design plan for the construction of sustainable consumption society