Households’ pro-environmental habits and investments in water and energy consumption: Determinants and relationships

Résumé

Economic instruments have received a lot of attention in the literature dealing with water and energy demand management. However factors driving households’ behaviour/habits and investment in water-saving and energy-saving equipment have been seldom studied. The main purpose of this article is to contribute to this literature by analysing the main determinants of a set of households’ conservation habits and pro-environmental investment decisions. Using household-level data from Spain, we show that conservation habits and the purchase of resource-efficient appliances are not independent.

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Roberto Martinez-Espineira, Maria A. García-Valiñas et Céline Nauges, « Households’ pro-environmental habits and investments in water and energy consumption: Determinants and relationships », Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 133, 2014, p. 174–183.