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July 29, 2015American Economic Journal Economic Policy

Asymmetric Incentives in Subsidies: Evidence from a Large-Scale Electricity Rebate Program

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KIKoichiro Ito

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Regression discontinuity analysis reveals region-specific conservation among California households, indicating climate and air conditioning drive electricity subsidy effectiveness.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the economic and behavioral impacts of asymmetric incentives in subsidy programs designed to reduce electricity consumption.
  • Applied a regression discontinuity design using household-level panel data from an electricity rebate program in California.
  • Assessed heterogeneous treatment effects across geographic regions according to household income, climate variation, and air conditioner saturation.
  • Performed a cost-effectiveness analysis to model alternative policy designs for externality reduction.
  • Produced precisely estimated zero treatment effects on energy conservation among households in coastal areas.
  • Induced statistically significant short-run and long-run electricity consumption reductions among inland households.
  • Demonstrated that household income, climate severity, and air conditioner saturation substantially explain regional treatment heterogeneity.

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Koichiro Ito (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fb730d13714ec96fe8334https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20130397
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