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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111181
	Consumer purchases of energy-efficient cars: How different labelling schemes could affect consumer response to price changes
	Galarraga I.; Kallbekken S.; Silvestri A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	137
英文摘要	Improved energy efficiency can help reduce pollution, contribute to energy security, and help consumers save money. This paper explores energy labelling schemes as a policy instrument for promoting energy-efficient cars in Spain. Specifically, it explores consumer responses to changes in vehicle prices. We derive the demand responses for two different efficiency labelling schemes: absolute and relative. To that end, we calculate own- and cross-price elasticities of demand for cars with efficiency labels on the Spanish car market. The results show that the elasticities for more efficient cars are in general higher. However, in the specific case of sedans, the elasticities depend on assumptions about how consumers decide which car to purchase. If consumers are concerned about the absolute energy performance of cars independently of other attributes, and thus pay attention to absolute labelling, demand for more efficient cars is more elastic than demand for less efficient cars. If consumers choose the car segment first and then the energy performance, using the relative label, the opposite result is found. The results suggest that both relative and absolute labelling schemes can be useful, depending on how consumers make their decisions. It might also be possible to design a mixed system. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Car segments; Energy efficiency; Labelling; Price elasticities of demand
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Elasticity; Energy efficiency; Energy security; Labeling; Labels; Purchasing; Consumer purchase; Consumer Response; Cross-price elasticity; Energy labelling; Energy performance; Labelling schemes; Policy instruments; Price elasticity; Vehicle performance; car ownership; consumption behavior; decision making; demand elasticity; energy efficiency; market conditions; Spain
来源期刊	Energy policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/124880
作者单位	Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Alameda Urquijo 4, 4a, Bilbao, 48008, Spain; Economics for Energy, Doutor Cadaval 2, 3E, Vigo, 36202, Spain; CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo, Blindern, PO Box 1129, Oslo, 0318, Norway
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Galarraga I.,Kallbekken S.,Silvestri A.. Consumer purchases of energy-efficient cars: How different labelling schemes could affect consumer response to price changes[J],2020,137.
APA	Galarraga I.,Kallbekken S.,&Silvestri A..(2020).Consumer purchases of energy-efficient cars: How different labelling schemes could affect consumer response to price changes.Energy policy,137.
MLA	Galarraga I.,et al."Consumer purchases of energy-efficient cars: How different labelling schemes could affect consumer response to price changes".Energy policy 137(2020).