Utility rebates, emissions spillovers and lobbying : essays on environmental economics

The first essay, co-authored with Sumeet Gulati, estimates the increase in the market share of ENERGY STAR-qualified appliances attributed to utility rebates in the US. Results show that a dollar increase in the rebate leads to a 0.3% increase in the share of ENERGY STAR-qualified clothes washers wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Datta, Souvik
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35783