A view from the macro side: rebound, backfire, and Khazzoom-Brookes

By H. Saunders. 2000

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Consumer End-Use Energy Efficiency and Rebound Effects (2014, background): “As first articulated by Saunders, the KBP stipulates that, “with fixed real energy price, energy efficiency gains will increase energy consumption above what it would be without these gains” (13, p. 135).”
The macroeconomic rebound effect and the world economy (2009, background): “One of the main reasons behind the debate is the lack of a rigorous theoretical framework that can describethe mechanisms and consequences of the rebound effect at the macro-economic level ( Dimitropoulos 2007 ).”
Consumption and the Rebound Effect: An Industrial Ecology Perspective (2005, methodology): “Saunders (2000a) shows that Howarth’s condition (a) depends on the assumption that, in the production of energy services, energy and nonenergy inputs cannot be substituted for each other.”
Changing Behaviour: Successful Environmental Programmes in the Workplace (2015, neutral): “Papers on null effects were scarce, which unfortunately is a general researcher reporting problem (Saunders, 2000) 3.”
Energy, Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability: Five Propositions (2010, background): “Moreover, these estimates do not take into account the amplifying effect of any associated improvements in the productivity of capital, labour or materials, although in practice these appear to be very common [10,15].”
What if consumers decided to all 'go green'? Environmental rebound effects from consumption decisions (2013, neutral): “…eﬀect literature is also heavily focused on improvements in energy-eﬃcient technology and centres on the possibility of an economy wide backﬁre, where rebound eﬀects are larger than engineering estimates of environmental beneﬁts (Saunders, 2000; Inhaber, 1997; Alcott, 2005; Hanley et al., 2008).”
“Rebound” Effects from Increased Energy Efficiency: A Time to Pause and Reflect (2013, background): “In particular, lower prices in energy markets may confound the zero rebound condition while higher prices cast uncertainty on the 100% rebound condition identiﬁed by Saunders (2000).”
Solid-state lighting: an energy-economics perspective (2010, background): “10 The degree to which reductions in energy consumption are less than would be expected from improvements in the engineering efficiencies of energy technologies (Alcott 2005, Saunders 2000, Sorrell 2007). for a number of reasons.”
Does the hybrid Toyota Prius lead to rebound effects? Analysis of size and number of cars previously owned by Swiss Prius buyers (2006, background): “Laitner (2000) through simulation obtained an estimate of 2– 3%. On the other hand, Brookes (2000) and Saunders (2000) argue that it is likely that this effect does not exist.”