Scientific articles
Household internal and external electricity contract switching in EU countries
Feb 2019 [Scientific articles]
Household internal and external electricity contract switching in EU countries
Authors: Joachim Schleich, Corinne Faure & Xavier Gassmann
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Free riding and rebates for residential energy efficiency upgrades: A multi-country contingent valuation experiment
Oct 2017 [Scientific articles]
The cost-effectiveness of energy technology upgrade programs critically depends on free riding. This paper assesses ex ante the effects of free riding on the cost-effectiveness of a rebate program that promotes the adoption of energy-efficient heating systems, relying on contingent valuation choice experiments carried out through identical representative surveys in eight EU Members States.
Making the implicit explicit: A look inside the implicit discount rate
Jan 2017 [Scientific articles]
Open access publication - Implicit discount rates (IDRs) are employed in energy models to capture household investment decisions, yet the factors behind the IDR and their respective implications for policy-making usually remain blurred and fractional. The proposed comprehensive framework distinguishes three broad categories of factors underlying the IDR for household adoption of energy-efficient technologies (EETs) ...
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