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Read the label! Energy Star appliance label awareness and uptake among U.S. consumers

Murray, Anthony G.; Mills, Bradford F. - In: Energy Economics 33 (2011) 6, pp. 1103-1110

The Energy Star label program to promote the diffusion of energy efficient home appliances is arguably the most significant government effort to reduce U.S. residential energy consumption. Program effectiveness requires that consumers are aware of the labeling scheme and also change their...

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Determinants of Households' Investment in Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Evidence from the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes

Ameli, Nadia; Brandt, Nicola - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Many studies on household energy efficiency investments suggest that a wide range of seemingly profitable investments are not taken up. This paper provides novel evidence on the main factors behind consumer choices using the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes. The...

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Determinants of households' investment in energy efficiency and renewables : evidence from the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes

Ameli, Nadia; Brandt, Nicola - 2014

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Digital adoption during COVID-19 : Cross-country evidence from microdata

Calvino, Flavio - 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented global economic downturn, affecting productivity, business dynamics, and digital technology adoption. Using a comprehensive commercial database from Spiceworks Ziff Davis, this study analyses the firm-level drivers of digitalisation during the...

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A framework to bridge the energy efficiency gap in shipping

Jafarzadeh, Sepideh; Utne, Ingrid Bouwer - In: Energy 69 (2014) C, pp. 603-612

efficiency in shipping. However, several barriers prevent the adoption of cost-effective energy saving measures. In this article … a framework is offered to overcome the barriers encountered in shipping. 12 participants from five ship owners in Norway …, two equipment suppliers, and a research institute have provided input to this study. The framework makes the barriers …

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The energy efficiency gap and barriers to investments : evidence from a firm survey in The Netherlands

Bremer, Leon; Nijs, Sacha J. den; Groot, Henri L. F. de - In: Energy economics 133 (2024), pp. 1-17

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Rural communities and wind farms: a contingent valuation investigation

Cerroni, Simone; Venzi, Lorenzo - In: RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA AGRARIA 2013/1 (2013) 1, pp. 23-40

Questo studio analizza, utilizzando il metodo della valutazione contingente, le preferenze delle comunità locali circa l’installazione di un parco eolico progettato in Provincia di Roma. Gli autori stimano la riduzione della bolletta elettrica che i cittadini sono disposti ad accettare come...

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How Curvy is the Phillips Curve?

Bunn, Philip; Anayi, Lena; Bloom, Nicholas; Mizen, Paul; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Macro data suggests a convex relationship between inflation and economic slack, but identifying causality is challenging. Using micro data from large panel surveys of UK and US firms we show that the response of prices to demand shocks is also convex at the firm level. We obtain similar results...

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Firm Climate Investment : A Glass Half-Full

Srivastava, Prachi; Bloom, Nicholas; Bunn, Philip; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We analyse the importance of climate-related investment using a large economy-wide survey of UK firms. Over half of firms expect climate change to have a positive impact on their investment in the medium term, with around a quarter expecting a large impact of over 10%. Around two-thirds of these...

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The Speed of Firm Response to Inflation

Yotzov, Ivan; Bloom, Nicholas; Bunn, Philip; Mizen, Paul; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper analyses the response of firms to monthly CPI inflation releases using high-frequency data from a large economy-wide business survey. CPI inflation perceptions respond very quickly, in a matter of hours after the release. We also find that firms' expected own-price growth has a strong...

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