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

This 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,...

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Main Authors:	Davis, Lucas W., Fuchs, Alan, Gertler, Paul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	American Economic Association 2014
Subjects:	energy efficiency microeconomic analysis energy use electricity consumption carbon dioxide emissions climate change appliances
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20535

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spelling	okr-10986-205352021-04-23T14:03:56Z Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico Davis, Lucas W. Fuchs, Alan Gertler, Paul energy efficiency microeconomic analysis energy use electricity consumption carbon dioxide emissions climate change appliances This 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. 2014-11-13T21:31:56Z 2014-11-13T21:31:56Z 2014-11 Journal Article American Economic Journal: Economic Policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20535 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo American Economic Association American Economic Association Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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spellingShingle	energy efficiency microeconomic analysis energy use electricity consumption carbon dioxide emissions climate change appliances Davis, Lucas W. Fuchs, Alan Gertler, Paul Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico
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description	This 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.
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author	Davis, Lucas W. Fuchs, Alan Gertler, Paul
author_facet	Davis, Lucas W. Fuchs, Alan Gertler, Paul
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title	Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico
title_short	Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico
title_full	Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico
title_fullStr	Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico
title_sort	cash for coolers : evaluating a large-scale appliance replacement program in mexico
publisher	American Economic Association
publishDate	2014
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20535
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Cash for Coolers : Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico

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