Abstract
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.
Keywords
Water conservation; Energy conservation; Technology adoption; Habits; Multivariate probit;
JEL codes
- C35: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models • Discrete Regressors • Proportions
- D10: General
- Q25: Water
- Q40: General
- Q53: Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling
Reference
Roberto Martinez-Espineira, Maria A. García-Valiñas, and Céline Nauges, “Households’ pro-environmental habits and investments in water and energy consumption: Determinants and relationships”, Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 133, 2014, pp. 174–183.
Published in
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 133, 2014, pp. 174–183