Replication data for: Consumers' Response to State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs

Name	File Type	Size	Last Modified
rebate_SM_AEJPol			10/13/2019 03:57:AM
LICENSE.txt	text/plain	14.6 KB	10/12/2019 11:57:PM

Project Citation:

Houde, Sébastien, and Aldy, Joseph E. Replication data for: Consumers’ Response to State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114625V1

Project Description

Summary: 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 analysis shows that 70 percent of consumers claiming a rebate were inframarginal and an additional 15 percent-20 percent of consumers simply delayed their purchases by a few weeks. Consumers responded to rebates by upgrading to higher quality, but less energy-efficient models. Overall the impact of the program on long-term energy demand is likely to be small. Measures of government expenditure per unit of energy saved are an order of magnitude higher than estimates for other energy efficiency programs.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      H31 Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
      H71 State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
      Q48 Energy: Government Policy

Related Publications

Download this project

Published Versions

V1 [2019-10-13]

Export Metadata

Dublin Core

DDI 2.5

Report a Problem

Found a serious problem with the data, such as disclosure risk or copyrighted content? Let us know.

This material is distributed exactly as it arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.