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Improving energy demand analysis / Paul C. Stern, editor ; Panel on Energy Demand Analysis, Committee on Behavioral and Social Aspects of Energy Consumption and Production, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy consumption--United States.
- Energy consumption.
- Consumers--United States--Attitudes.
- Consumers.
- Physical Description:
- x, 122 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1984.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Improving Energy Demand Analysis
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Formal Modeling and Problem-Oriented Research
- UNDERSTANDING THE DEMAND FOR ENERGY
- ABOUT THIS BOOK
- FORMAL MODELS OF ENERGY DEMAND
- Types of Models
- Problems with Formal Demand Models
- The Place of Behavioral Variables in Formal Demand Models
- PROBLEM-ORIENTED ANALYSES OF ENERGY POLICY ISSUES
- Methods of Problem-Oriented Analysis
- Surveys
- Analysis of Existing Data
- Natural Experiments
- Controlled Experiments
- Evaluation Research
- The Strengths and Weaknesses of Problem-Oriented Research
- CONCLUSIONS
- 2 The Effects of Price on Demand
- DO CONSUMERS REACT TO AVERAGE OR MARGINAL PRICES?
- DO CONSUMERS REACT TO REAL OR NOMINAL PRICES?
- DO CONSUMERS REACT TO PRICE LEVELS OR PRICE CHANGES?
- IS THERE A THRESHOLD FOR THE RESPONSE TO PRICE?
- DO PRICE INCREASES AND DECREASES PRODUCE DIFFERENT RESPONSES?
- 3 The Effects of Financial Incentives on Energy-Efficient Investments in Residential Buildings
- HOW DOES THE SIZE OF AN INCENTIVE AFFECT CONSUMERS' RESPONSES?
- Incentives as Attention-Getting Devices
- Incentives as an Impetus to Speed Changes Already Planned
- HOW DOES THE TYPE OF INCENTIVE AFFECT CONSUMERS' RESPONSES?
- HOW DO CONSUMERS RESPOND TO NONFINANCIAL FEATURES OF INCENTIVE PROGRAMS?
- 4 The Effects of Information on Energy-Efficient Investment
- HOW COMPLETE IS CONSUMERS' INFORMATION?
- Treatment of Information in Formal Models
- Knowledge About Information From Problem-Oriented Research
- Improving Consumers' Information
- HOW DOES INFORMATION AFFECT BEHAVIOR?
- Rational Action Based on Imperfect Information
- Diffusion of Innovation
- 5 Behavioral Study of Appliance Efficiency Decisions
- ISSUES AND LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT ANALYSIS.
- Analytic Representation of Appliances
- Analytic Representation of Energy Price Expectations
- Determinants of Appliance Use
- Consumers' Decision Processes
- THE IDEAL DATA FOR BEHAVIORAL STUDY OF APPLIANCE CHOICES
- PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVES FOR DATA COLLECTION
- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations
- THE ROLE OF FORMAL MODELS
- THE ROLE OF PROBLEM-ORIENTED RESEARCH
- THE ROLE OF DATA COLLECTION
- USING VARIOUS RESEARCH METHODS IN CONCERT
- References
- Appendix A Incorporating Data from Problem-Centered Research on Incentives and Information in Formal Demand Models
- Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Bibliography: p. 105-116.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-24570-0
- 9786610245703
- 0-309-56398-4
- OCLC:
- 923268606
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