Balancing theory with practice: studying the rebound effect

Measuring the rebound effect with micro data

The rebound effect is the causal impact of an increase in fuel efficiency on the demand for car kilometres. The rebound effect has been studied in several different sectors (for a survey, see Greening et al. (2000)). Some recent studies have extensively focused on passenger transportation using macro data (see, Small and Van Dender (2007); Hymel et al. (2010)). However, the rebound effect is es...

Balancing Evaluation Theory and Practice in the Real World

In this paper, the author argues that evaluation theory and practice interact insufficiently today, even though early evaluation theorists expected them to be closely intertwined. She views this limited connection as the result of differing interests on the part of theorists and practitioners, differing frequencies of dissemination, and differing targets of opportunity, with theorists concentra...

The Open Video Digital Library: Balancing Theory and Practice

These practical goals have been met by the development and operation of the DL that now contains approximately 2000 video segments that are accessed by more than 5000 unique visitors each month. We mainly provide segments rather than full programs (although these can be assembled easily into full programs) to facilitate access and reuse. We have been acquiring non-copyrighted government documen...

The Rebound Effect for Passenger Vehicles

Increasingly stringent fuel economy standards will reduce per-mile driving costs and may raise vehicle miles traveled, which is referred to as the rebound effect. All previous estimates impose at least one of three behavioral assumptions: (a) fuel economy is uncorrelated with other vehicle attributes; (b) fuel economy is uncorrelated with attributes of other vehicles owned by the household; and...

Balancing Practice with Compliance in Healthcare IT