Improvements in energy efficiency make energy services cheaper, and therefore encourage
increased consumption of those services. This so-called direct rebound effect offsets the …

Rebound effects have been historically studied through narrow framings which may
overlook the complexity of sustainability challenges, sometimes leading to badly informed …

In The Coal Question William Stanley Jevons [Jevons, WS, 1865/1965. The Coal Question:
an Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of our Coal …

The rebound effect results in part from an increased consumption of energy services
following an improvement in the technical efficiency of delivering those services. This …

Sustainability concepts that rest on the idea of resource-or energy-efficiency improvements
due to technological progress tend to overestimate the potential saving effects because they …

The TPA was set up to address key controversies in the energy field through comprehensive
assessments of the current state of knowledge. It aims to provide authoritative reports that …

Changing fuel prices and new energy policy initiatives have heightened interest in the
appropriate level of gasoline taxation. These taxes vary dramatically across countries …

This paper gives the main results of a literature review of new empirical studies, published
since 1990, updating work on the effects of price and income on fuel consumption, traffic …

This paper discusses the nature, and magnitude, of externalities associated with automobile
use, including local and global pollution, oil dependence, traffic congestion and traffic …

We estimate the rebound effect for motor vehicles, by which improved fuel efficiency causes
additional travel, using a pooled cross section of US states for 1966-2001. Our model …