THE ENERGY PARADOX AND THE DIFFUSION OF CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY
THE ENERGY PARADOX AND THE DIFFUSION OF CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY
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DOI：
10.1016/0928-7655(94)90001-9
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发表时间：
1994-05-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
STAVINS, RN
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作者：
JAFFE, AB;STAVINS, RN
我们开发了一个框架，思考的“悖论”的明显具有成本效益的节能技术的逐渐扩散。我们的分析提供了一些关键的理解为什么这个技术扩散过程是渐进的，并集中注意力的因素，导致这种情况下，包括那些与潜在的市场失灵-信息问题，委托/代理滑，和不可观察的成本-和那些解释，不代表市场失灵-私人信息成本，高贴现率，和异质性之间的潜在采用者。此外，我们的分析表明，替代政策工具-经济激励和直接监管-可以加速节能技术的扩散。
We develop a framework for thinking about the 'paradox' of very gradual diffusion of apparently cost-effective energy-conservation technologies. Our analysis provides some keys to understanding why this technology-diffusion process is gradual, and focuses attention on the factors that cause this to be the case, including those associated with potential market failures - information problems, principal/agent slippage, and unobserved costs - and those explanations that do not represent market failures - private information costs, high discount rates, and heterogeneity among potential adopters. Additionally, our analysis indicates how alternative policy instrument - both economic incentives and direct regulations - can hasten the diffusion of energy-conserving technologies.