This paper presents evidence that the accumulating cost of Germany’s ambitious plan to transform its system of energy provision – the so-called Energiewende – is butting up against consumers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for it. Following a descriptive presentation that traces the German...

Interaction effects capture the impact of one explanatory variable x1 on the marginal effect of another explanatory variable x2. To explore interaction effects, so-called interaction terms x1x2 are typically included in estimation specifications. While in linear models the effect of a marginal...

Rebound effects measure the behaviorally induced offset in the reduction of energy consumption following efficiency improvements. Using both panel estimation and quantile regression methods on household travel diary data collected in Germany between 1997 and 2009, this study investigates the...

Um die Energiewende zu schaffen, muss Windstrom vom Norden in den Rest des Landes transportiert werden. Die Mehrheit der Deutschen hat zwar prinzipiell nichts gegen den dafür notwendigen Netzausbau. Sobald die Stromtrasse aber vor der eigenen Haustür verlegt werden soll, regt sich vielerorts...