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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113022
	Effects of renting on household energy expenditure: Evidence from Australia
	Best R.; Burke P.J.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	166
英文摘要	This paper uses household survey data from Australia to investigate whether renters face larger energy bills than otherwise similar households. We find that a negative unconditional effect of renting on residential electricity expenditure becomes positive when controlling for log net wealth, with renters on average spending about 8% more than otherwise similar households. This is a larger effect than in most prior studies. The effect operates via higher usage quantities rather than higher average prices, and a similar effect is found for overall residential energy expenditure including natural gas. Central to the story is that renters tend to have lower net wealth, and net wealth is associated with higher energy use due to reasons including additional appliance ownership. This makes net wealth an important control. The findings cast light on the potential for more ambitious policy responses to reduce energy-related disadvantages faced by renters in Australia. There is also scope for further research into whether similarly large effects are evident in other countries. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Electricity consumption; Energy expenditure; Rent; Split incentive; Wealth
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Costs; Housing; Surveys; Australia; Electricity-consumption; Energy bills; Energy expenditure; Household energy expenditures; Household surveys; Rent; Split incentives; Survey data; Wealth; Electric power utilization
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256179
作者单位	Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia; Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National UniversityACT 2601, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Best R.,Burke P.J.. Effects of renting on household energy expenditure: Evidence from Australia[J],2022,166.
APA	Best R.,&Burke P.J..(2022).Effects of renting on household energy expenditure: Evidence from Australia.Energy Policy,166.
MLA	Best R.,et al."Effects of renting on household energy expenditure: Evidence from Australia".Energy Policy 166(2022).