Living up to expectations: Estimating direct and indirect rebound effects for UK households

Energy Economics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages S100-S116

  Chitnis, Mona ^a   Sorrell, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income and substitution effects; Linear almost ideal demand system; Rebound effects

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CROSS-PRICE ELASTICITY; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; LINEAR ALMOST IDEAL DEMAND SYSTEM; REBOUND EFFECT; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT;

COST ESTIMATING;

ALMOST IDEAL DEMAND SYSTEM; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTITUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84952864125     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.08.026     Document Type: Article

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