Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name:  Isamu Matsukawa
Title:  The Effects of Information on Residential Demand for Electricity
Classification-JEL: F0
Pages:  1-18
Volume:  Volume 25
Issue:  Number 1
Year:  2004
Abstract:  This paper measures the effects of information on residential demand for electricity, using data from a Japanese experiment. In the experiment, households had a continuous-display, electricity use monitoring device installed at their residence. The monitor was designed so that each consumer could easily look at graphs and tables associated with the consumer s own usage of electricity at any time during the experiment. The panel data were used to estimate a random effects model of electricity and count data models of monitor usage. The results indicate that monitor usage contributed to energy conservation. 
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