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| DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111764 |
| Motivating non-ratepaying households with feedback and social nudges: A cautionary tale | |
| Crago C.L.; Spraggon J.M.; Hunter E. | |
| 发表日期 | 2020 |
| ISSN | 03014215 |
| 卷号 | 145 |
| 英文摘要 | Behavioral interventions have been shown to be valuable instruments in reducing energy use among ratepaying customers, but their effect on non-ratepayers has received less attention. This study uses a randomized controlled trial research design to examine the effect of feedback and a social nudge in the form of peer comparison on energy consumption of non-ratepaying households. The study setting is a university family housing complex, and findings are based on hourly observations of energy use by 62 households over thirteen weeks. Our results suggest that neither feedback or peer comparison is an effective instrument to reduce energy use of non-ratepaying households, and may even increase energy consumption in some contexts. We find heterogeneous effects among households that are low and high users of energy in the pre-treatment period, with high users increasing energy consumption in response to feedback. Thus, caution is needed in applying behavioral interventions when financial incentives to reinforce intended effects are absent. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
| 关键词 | Energy conservationFeedbackPeer comparisonSocial nudges |
| 英文关键词 | Feedback; Behavioral interventions; Cautionary tales; Energy use; Financial incentives; Heterogeneous effects; Pre-Treatment; Randomized controlled trial; Research designs; Energy utilization; affordable housing; energy policy; household energy; incentive; rental sector; research work; university sector |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 来源期刊 | Energy Policy
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204610 |
| 作者单位 | Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Crago C.L.,Spraggon J.M.,Hunter E.. Motivating non-ratepaying households with feedback and social nudges: A cautionary tale[J],2020,145. |
| APA | Crago C.L.,Spraggon J.M.,&Hunter E..(2020).Motivating non-ratepaying households with feedback and social nudges: A cautionary tale.Energy Policy,145. |
| MLA | Crago C.L.,et al."Motivating non-ratepaying households with feedback and social nudges: A cautionary tale".Energy Policy 145(2020). |
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