Heating technology and energy use: a discrete/continuous choice approach to Norwegian household energy demand

Determinants of households’ space heating type: A discrete choice analysis for German households

“…They simultaneously model the choice of electric appliances and the induced energy consumption; following this method, they avoid a bias arising from unobserved factors influencing both appliance choice and its intensity of use. So far, studies following this approach have been conducted for the U.S. (Liao and Chang, 2002) or Norway (Nesbakken, 1999 andVaage, 2000). For Germany, micro-level studies only on energy demand exist (Rehdanz, 2007;Schuler et al, 2000).…”

“…In the light of the durability of the heating appliances, it is worthwhile to explore the determinants of heating type in great detail. Different from this, earlier contributions have primarily focused on the derivation of elasticities within the continuous part (Dubin McFadden, 1984;Vaage, 2000;Nesbakken, 1999). Second, a novel contribution of this article is to consider both a sample of, first, only house owners and, second, a sample of home owners and renters.…”

“…Earlier work has either used a sample of home owners and renters or a sample of owners only. Furthermore the data -in contrast to prior studies such as Vaage (2000) -have the advantage of covering households with central heatings and a large set of technologies such as gas-fired appliances. The paper proceeds as follows: the following Section provides an overview of the literature on residential energy use.…”

Análisis de la demanda residencial de los servicios básicos en España usando un modelo QUAIDS censurado

“…Los exponentes más importantes en esta área son Dubin y McFadden (1984) y Heckman (1976, 1979. En esta línea, Vaage (2000) y Nesbakken (2001) analizan la demanda residencial de energía condicionada a la elección de los combustibles utilizados en calefacción en Noruega. En relación con sus resultados, Vaage (2000) concluye que un aumento del precio de la energía afecta negativamente las diversas opciones de calefacción y su posterior consumo.…”

“…En esta línea, Vaage (2000) y Nesbakken (2001) analizan la demanda residencial de energía condicionada a la elección de los combustibles utilizados en calefacción en Noruega. En relación con sus resultados, Vaage (2000) concluye que un aumento del precio de la energía afecta negativamente las diversas opciones de calefacción y su posterior consumo. Además, un aumento del ingreso solo afecta positivamente la probabilidad de escoger una calefacción eléctrica y no la demanda de energía.…”