Browsing Working Papers by Author "Allcott, Hunt"

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    • Gasoline Prices, Fuel Economy, and the Energy Paradox 

      Wozny, Nathan; Allcott, Hunt (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Research Policy, 2010-03)
      It is often asserted that consumers purchasing automobiles or other goods and services underweight the costs of gasoline or other "add-ons." We test this hypothesis in the US automobile market by examining the effects of ...

    • Rethinking Real Time Electricity Pricing 

      Allcott, Hunt (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2009-10)
      Most US consumers are charged a near-constant retail price for electricity, despite substantial hourly variation in the wholesale market price. This paper evaluates the .rst program to expose residential consumers to hourly ...

    • Social Norms and Energy Conservation 

      Allcott, Hunt (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2009-10)
      This paper evaluates a pilot program run by a company called OPOWER, previously known as Positive Energy, to mail home energy reports to residential utility consumers. The reports compare a household’s energy use to that ...