Empirical evidence of direct rebound effect in Catalonia

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2309-2314

  Freire González, Jaume ^a,b  

^a ENT Environment and Management   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electricity consumption; Energy efficiency; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

CATALONIA; ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES; ENERGY SERVICES; LONG TERM; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; REBOUND EFFECT; SHORT TERM;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ECONOMETRICS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77649342616     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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