efficiency
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Beyond the Rebound Effect: Energy Efficiency Gaps
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The Paris Climate Agreement has renewed a focus on American state and local policies which aim to reconcile economic growth with the declared goal of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. Energy efficiency support programs seek to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels through technological improvements…
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Cheap Talk and the Economics of Negotiation
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Empirical research shows that impatient sellers use round numbers to signal their willingness to cut prices in order to sell more quickly.
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Are Large Cities More Pollution Efficient?
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New research explores how population size relates to CO2 emissions efficiency.
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If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Design a Better Study: Insights into Residential Energy Conservation
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Carefully designed randomized trials could help to assess which low-cost efficiency measures have the most notable effect on heating related energy consumption.