Behavioral Anomalies and Energy-related Individual Choices: The Role of Status-quo Bias

doi:10.5547/01956574.41.6.jbla

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DOI	10.5547/01956574.41.6.jbla
	Behavioral Anomalies and Energy-related Individual Choices: The Role of Status-quo Bias
	Julia Blasch and Claudio Daminato
	2020
出版年	2020
国家	瑞士
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	The literature on the energy-efficiency gap discusses the status-quo bias as a behavioral anomaly that potentially increases a household’s energy consumption. We empirically investigate the extent to which the status-quo bias is linked to residential electricity consumption through two channels: non-replacement of old appliances and overuse of appliances. Using data from a large household survey conducted in three European countries, we find that our measure of status-quo bias is a significant predictor of both the age of home appliances and the level of a household’s consumption of energy services. This is also reflected in the total electricity consumption, which is found to be around 6% higher when the household head is status-quo biased. We thus provide empirical evidence that the status-quo bias may represent a substantial barrier to increasing residential energy efficiency. Our findings prompt policy makers to design instruments that take this barrier into account.
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来源平台	Centre for Energy Policy and Economics
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/329967
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Julia Blasch and Claudio Daminato. Behavioral Anomalies and Energy-related Individual Choices: The Role of Status-quo Bias,2020.