The behavioral responses to taxes and subsidies are often subject to various behavioral biases and transaction costs - what we define as "microfrictions". We develop a theoretical framework to show how these microfrictions - and their heterogeneity across the population and policy instruments -...

We estimate whether consumers respond to local energy costs when purchasing appliances. Using a dataset from an appliance retailer, we compare demand responsiveness to a measure of energy costs that varies with local energy prices versus purchase prices. We strongly reject that consumers are...