Investment Behavior and Energy Conservation

Energy Conservation in Building

The building sector accumulates approximately a third of the final energy consumption. Consequently, the improvement of the energy efficiency in buildings has become an essential instrument in the energy policies to ensure the energy supply in the mid to long term moreover is the most cost-effective strategy available for reducing carbon dioxide emissions This paper is studying the main objecti...

Physiology, behavior, and conservation.

Many animal populations are in decline as a result of human activity. Conservation practitioners are attempting to prevent further declines and loss of biodiversity as well as to facilitate recovery of endangered species, and they often rely on interdisciplinary approaches to generate conservation solutions. Two recent interfaces in conservation science involve animal behavior (i.e., conservati...

Conservation and Behavior: Introduction

Tale of Two Green Communities: Energy Informatics and Social Competition on Energy Conservation Behavior

This study explores whether providing information on energy consumption is effective in changing energy consumption behavior. More specifically, in groups with collectivist culture, energy informatics have a significant role in inducing active participation and engagement in energy conservation efforts. Using data collected from energy monitoring competitions conducted in student residence hall...

Capital Theory and Investment Behavior*

There is no greater gap between economic theory and econometric practice than that which characterizes the literature on business investment in fixed capital. According to the neoclassical theory of capital, as expounded for example by Irving Fisher, a production plan for the firm is chosen so as to maximize utility over time. Under certain well-known conditions this leads to maximization of th...