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Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico

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dc.contributor.authorDavis, Lucas W.
dc.contributor.authorFuchs, Alan
dc.contributor.authorGertler, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-13T21:31:56Z
dc.date.available2014-11-13T21:31:56Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates a large-scale appliance replacement program in Mexico that from 2009 to 2012 helped 1.9 million households replace their old refrigerators and air conditioners with energy-efficient models. Using household-level billing records from the universe of Mexican residential customers, we find that refrigerator replacement reduces electricity consumption by 8 percent, about one-quarter of what was predicted by ex ante analyses. Moreover, we find that air conditioning replacement actually increases electricity consumption. Overall, we find that the program is an expensive way to reduce externalities from energy use, reducing carbon dioxide emissions at a program cost of over $500 per ton.en
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/20535
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/20535
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Association
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderAmerican Economic Association
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectenergy efficiency
dc.subjectmicroeconomic analysis
dc.subjectenergy use
dc.subjectelectricity consumption
dc.subjectcarbon dioxide emissions
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectappliances
dc.titleCash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexicoen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
okr.date.disclosure2014-09-19
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:33:02.863723Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.identifier.doi10.1257/pol.6.4.207
okr.journal.nbpages207-238
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryMexico
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/pol.6.4.207
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Conservation & Efficiency
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Consumption
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Policies & Economics
okr.topicEnvironment::Environment and Energy Efficiency
okr.unitGPVDR - Poverty - GP
okr.volume6(4)
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relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery57151398-d527-54f1-a9b8-94d5b56257a7
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