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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w18044 |
来源ID | Working Paper 18044 |
Cash for Coolers | |
Lucas W. Davis; Alan Fuchs; Paul J. Gertler | |
发表日期 | 2012-05-03 |
出版年 | 2012 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | This paper examines a large-scale appliance replacement program in Mexico that since 2009 has helped 1.5 million households replace their old refrigerators and air-conditioners with energy-efficient models. Using household-level electric billing records from the population of Mexican residential customers we find that refrigerator replacement reduces electricity consumption by an average of 11 kilowatt hours per month, about a 7% decrease. We find that air conditioning replacement, in contrast, increases electricity consumption by an average of 6 kilowatt hours per month, with larger increases during the summer. To put these results in context we present a simple conceptual framework in which energy-efficient durable goods cost less to operate, so households use them more. This behavioral response, sometimes called the "rebound" effect, is important for air-conditioners, but not important for refrigerators. |
主题 | Microeconomics ; Households and Firms ; Public Economics ; Taxation ; Environmental and Resource Economics ; Energy ; Environment |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w18044 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575720 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lucas W. Davis,Alan Fuchs,Paul J. Gertler. Cash for Coolers. 2012. |
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