Abstract
In this paper we ask if consumption of energy for space heating by households is habit forming. A model of intertemporal consumption allocation allowing for habit-forming preferences is estimated on a register-based panel data set with high quality information about consumption of natural gas for a sample of Danish households. Results indicate that preferences are weakly habit forming
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Energy Journal |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 35-54 |
| ISSN | 0195-6574 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- consumer economics
- Denmark
- gas
- natural gas