In spite of the large potential and existing efforts to foster energy efficiency in the residential
sector, much remains to be achieved. This may be partially due to the many barriers and …

Abstract Information problems have early been suspected to be the main barrier to energy-
efficiency investment. I review the vast yet piecemeal research that has been carried out …

Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and
environmental damages associated with energy use, but it has long been observed that …

This paper argues that it will often be rational for consumers to pay limited attention to
energy efficiency when choosing among energy-consuming durable goods like automobiles …

Abstract Information provision is a key element of government energy-efficiency policy, but
the information that is provided is often too coarse to allow consumers to make efficient …

We study the dynamics of residential electricity demand by exploiting a natural experiment
that produced large and long-lasting price changes in over 250 Illinois communities. Using a …

I study how consumers respond to competing pieces of information that differ in their degree
of complexity and informativeness. In particular, I study the choice of refrigerators in the …

Through an evaluation of the 2009 Recovery Act's State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate
Program, this paper examines consumers' response to energy efficiency rebates. The …

This paper studies the effect of nutrition warning labels and advertising restrictions on the
breakfast cereal market in Chile. In June 2016, the Ministry of Health required food products …

Energy labels have been introduced in many countries to increase consumers' attention to
energy use in purchase decisions of durables. In a stated-choice experiment among about …