Authors
Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira, María A García-Valiñas, Céline Nauges
Publication date
2014/1/15
Journal
Journal of environmental management
Volume
133
Pages
174-183
Publisher
Academic Press
Description
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.
Scholar articles
R Martínez-Espiñeira, MA García-Valiñas, C Nauges - Journal of environmental management, 2014