Martínez-Espiñeira Roberto, García-Valiñas María A, Nauges Céline
Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada.
Oviedo Efficiency Group, Department of Economics, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
J Environ Manage. 2014 Jan 15;133:174-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.12.002. Epub 2013 Dec 27.
Economic instruments have received a lot of attention in the literature dealing with water and energy demand management. However factors driving households' behaviour/habits and investment in water-saving and energy-saving equipment have been seldom studied. The main purpose of this article is to contribute to this literature by analysing the main determinants of a set of households' conservation habits and pro-environmental investment decisions. Using household-level data from Spain, we show that conservation habits and the purchase of resource-efficient appliances are not independent.
经济手段在涉及水和能源需求管理的文献中受到了广泛关注。然而,驱动家庭行为/习惯以及对节水和节能设备投资的因素却很少得到研究。本文的主要目的是通过分析一系列家庭节约习惯和环保投资决策的主要决定因素,为这一文献做出贡献。利用来自西班牙的家庭层面数据,我们表明节约习惯和资源高效型电器的购买并非相互独立。