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Rebound effect (conservation)

About: Rebound effect (conservation) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 773 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25741 citations.


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TL;DR: The authors analyzed the impact of fuel economy standards and fuel prices on new car fuel economy with the aid of cross-section time series analysis of data from 18 countries and found that standards induced considerable fuel savings throughout the world, although their welfare impact is not examined here.
Abstract: There is an intense debate over whether fuel economy standards or fuel taxation is the more efficient policy instrument to raise fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions of cars. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of standards and fuel prices on new car fuel economy with the aid of cross-section time series analysis of data from 18 countries. We employ a dynamic specification of new car fuel consumption as a function of fuel prices, standards and per capita income. It turns out that standards have induced considerable fuel savings throughout the world, although their welfare impact is not examined here. If standards are not further tightened then retail fuel prices would have to remain at high levels for more than a decade in order to attain similar fuel savings. Finally, without higher fuel prices or tighter standards, one should not expect any marked improvements in fuel economy under 'business as usual' conditions.

12 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model was used to identify the dynamic causal impact of structural shocks, including an energy efficiency shock, on U.S. monthly and quarterly data.

12 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a re-spending model was used to assess the indirect impact of energy efficiency improvements on the overall rebound effect in 14 productive sectors in Spain for the 2000-2014 period.

12 citations

Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, direct rebound effects relate to individual energy services, such as heating, lighting and refrigeration, and are confined to the energy required to provide that service, since improved energy efficiency will reduce the marginal cost of supplying the relevant service it could lead to an increase in the consumption of that service.
Abstract: Direct rebound effects relate to individual energy services, such as heating, lighting and refrigeration and are confined to the energy required to provide that service. Since improved energy efficiency will reduce the marginal cost of supplying the relevant service it could lead to an increase in the consumption of that service. For example, consumers may choose to drive further and/or more often following the purchase of a fuel-efficient car because the operating cost per kilometre has fallen. Similarly, consumers may choose to heat their homes for longer periods and/or to a higher temperature following the installation of loft insulation, because the operating cost per square metre has fallen. The extent to which this occurs may be expected to vary widely from one energy service to another, from one circumstance to another and from one time period to another. But any increase in energy service consumption will reduce the ‘energy savings’ achieved by the energy-efficiency improvement. In some circumstances it could offset those savings altogether (backfire).

12 citations

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09 Jun 2021
TL;DR: This article investigated the role of three factors: access to airports, the concentration of people with migration background and/or geographically dispersed social networks in urban areas, and greater air travel by urban residents without cars.
Abstract: Residents of urban areas, and particularly urban cores, have higher levels of long-distance travel activity and related emissions, mostly on account of greater frequency of air travel. This relationship typically remains after controlling for basic socio-economic correlates of long-distance travel. There is an ongoing debate in the literature about what causes this association, and whether it calls into question urban densification strategies. Understanding this is important from a climate policy perspective. In this article, we investigate the role of three factors: i) access to airports; ii) the concentration of people with migration background and/or geographically dispersed social networks in urban areas; and iii) greater air travel by urban residents without cars (‘rebound effect’). We use representative survey data for the UK including information on respondents’ air travel frequency for private purposes and derive estimates of greenhouse gas emissions. The dataset also includes detailed information on migration generation, residential location of close family and friends, car ownership and use, as well as low-level geographical identifiers. The findings of regression analysis show that Greater London residents stand out in terms of emissions from air travel. Airport accessibility, migration background, and dispersion of social networks each explain part of this association, whereas we find no evidence of a rebound effect. However, proximity to town centres remains associated with higher emissions after accounting for these issues, indicating that this association is due to other factors than those considered here. We conclude by discussing implications for urban and climate policy, as well as future research.

12 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202320
202268
202166
202061
201967
201860