participation information, to study the uptake of energy efficiency incentives and their effect on residential electricity … in our study area - four counties in Maryland - and were covered by federal, state and utility incentives during our … reduction in electricity usage. Those that do not receive incentives reduce usage by about 16%. Our results appear to be driven …

Firms and governments often use moral suasion and economic incentives to influence intrinsic and extrinsic motivations … level by a sufficient time interval between interventions. Economic incentives induce larger treatment effects, little … habituation, and significant habit formation. Our results suggest moral suasion and economic incentives produce substantially …