A Selected Bibliography on Energy Efficiency, Consumer Behavior, and the Top-
Down, Bottom-up Debate

Tom Fiddaman
MIT System Dynamics Group
30 Memorial Drive, E60-355
Cambridge, MA 02142

Berndt, E., Kolstad, C., & Lee, J.K. (1993). Measuring the Energy Efficiency and 
Productivity Impacts of Embodied Technical Change. Energy Journal, 14(1), 33-56.

Blumstein, Carl, & Stoft, Steven E. (1995). Technical Efficiency, Production 
Functions, and Conservation Supply Curves. Energy Policy, 23(9), 765-769.

Boyd, Gale, Karlson, Stephen H., Neifer, Mark, & Ross, Marc (1993). Energy 
Efficiency Improvements in Steel Minimills. Contemporary Policy Issues, 11(3), 88-
100.

DeCanio, Stephen J. (1993). Barriers Within Firms to Energy-efficient Investments. 
Energy Policy, 21(September), 906-915.

Ford, A. (1990). Using Conservation to Reduce Energy System Uncertainty. Intl. J. 
Global Energy Issues, 2(2).

Ford, Andrew (1990). Estimating the Impact of Efficiency Standards on the 
Uncertainty of the Northwest Electric System. Operations Research, 38(4, July-
August).

Friedman, L. S., & Hausker, K. (1988). Residential Energy Consumption: Models of 
Consumer Behavior and their Implications for Rate Design. Journal of Consumer 
Policy, 11, 287-313.

Gately, Dermot Individual Discount Rates and the Purchase and Utilization of 
Energy-using Durables: Comment. Bell Journal of Economics, 373-374.

Gates, Robin (1983). Investing in Energy Conservation: are Homeowners Passing up 
High Yields? Energy Policy, 11(1, March), 63-71.

Hassett, Kevin, & Metcalf, Gilbert (1992). Energy Conservation Investment: do 
COnsumers Discount the Future Correctly? Energy Policy, 21(6), 710-716.

Hausman, J. A. (1979). Individual Discount Rates and the Purchase and Utilization 
of Energy-using Durables. Bell Journal of Economics, 10(1), 33-54.

Howarth, R. B., & Anderson, B. (1993). Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency. Energy 
Economics, 15(4, October).

Huntington, Hillard G. (1994). Been Top Down So Long it Looks Like Bottom Up to 
Me. Energy Policy, 22(10), 833-839.

Jaffe, A. B., & Stavins, R. N. (1994). The Energy Paradox and the Diffusion of 
Conservation Technology. Resource and Energy Economics, 16(2), 91-122.

Jaffe, Adam B., & Stavins, Robert N. (1994). Energy-Efficiency Investments and 
Public Policy. Energy Journal, 15(2), 43-65.

Jaffe, Adam B., & Stavins, Robert N. (1994). The Energy-efficiency Gap. What Does it 
Mean? Energy Policy, 22(10), 804-811.

Jaffe, Adam B., & Stavins, Robert N. (1995). Dynamic Incentives of Environmental 
Regulations: The Effects of Alternative Policy Instruments on Technology Diffusion. 
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 29, S-43-S-63.

Johnson, Blake E. (1994). Modeling Energy Technology Choices. Which Investment 
Analysis Tools are Appropriate? Energy Policy, 22(10), 877-883.

Joskow, Paul L. and Donald B. Marron (1991). What Does a Negawatt Really Cost? 
No. Discussion Paper, MIT-CEPR 91-016WP). 

Kempton, Willett, & Layne, Linda L. (1994). The Consumer's Energy Analysis 
Environment. Energy Policy, 22(10), 857-866.

Koomey, Jonathan G., & Sanstad, Alan H. (1994). Technical Evidence for Assessing 
the Performance of Markets Affecting Energy Efficiency. Energy Policy, 22(10), 826-
832.

Levine, Mark D., & Sonnenblick, Richard (1994). On the Assessment of Utility 
Demand-side Management Programs. Energy Policy, 22(10), 848-856.

Lutzenhiser, Loren (1994). Innovation and Organizational Networks. Barriers to 
Energy Efficiency in the US Housing Industry. Energy Policy, 22(10), 867-876.

Metcalf, Gilbert E. (1994). Economics and Rational Conservation Policy. Energy 
Policy, 22(10), 819-825.

Nichols, Albert L. (1994). Demand Side Management. Overcoming Market Barriers 
or Obscuring Real Costs? Energy Policy, 22(10), 840-847.

Ruderman, H., Levine, M. D., & McMahon, J. E. (1987). The Behavior of the Market 
for Energy Efficiency in Residential Appliances Including Heating and Cooling 
Equipment. Energy Journal, 8(1), 101-124.

Sanstad, Alan H., & Howarth, Richard B. (1994). 'Normal Markets', Market 
Imperfections, and Energy Efficiency. Energy Policy, 22(10), 811-818.

Scheraga, Joel D. (1994). Energy and the Environment. Something New Under the 
Sun? Energy Policy, 22(10), 798-803.

Shama, A. (1983). Energy Conservation in US Buildings: Solving the High 
Potential/Low Adoption Paradox from a Behavioral Perspective. Energy Policy, 
11(2), 148-167.

Stern, P. C. (1986). Blind Spots in Policy Analysis: What Economics Doesn't Say 
about Energy Use. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 5(2), 200-227.

Sutherland, R. J. (1991). Market Barriers to Energy-efficiency Investments. Energy 
Journal, 12(3), 15-34.

Wilson, Deborah, & Swisher, Joel (1993). Exploring the Gap: Top-Down Versus 
Bottom-Up Analyses of the Cost of Mitigating Global Warming. Energy Policy, 21(3, 
March).