How price spikes can help overcome the energy efficiency gap

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 134, issue C, 114-117

Abstract: Using data on Google searches, I suggest that the spiky nature of electricity markets has a strong effect on searching for information on energy efficiency goods. I identify the informational effect by decomposing prices into smoothed and deviation components.

Keywords: Energy efficiency; Deregulated electricity markets; Price spikes; Informational frictions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 D83 Q41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.07.008

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