Energy Efficiency
Slides (.pdf)
Key Points
- Basic economics of adoption of energy saving capital.
- Review evidence and policy motivated by an apparent energy efficiency gap.
- Discuss "rational" and behavioral explanations.
- Using field experiments to test different explanations/ policy interventions.
Required Readings
Allcott and Greenstone (2012) [link]Allcott and Sweeney (2017) [link]
Allcott (2011) [link]