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The economy-wide rebound effect from improved energy efficiency in Swedish industries – A general equilibrium analysis

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  • Broberg, Thomas

    (CERE)

  • Berg, Charlotte

    (National Institute of Economic Research)

  • Samakovlis, Eva

    (National Institute of Economic Research)

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The objective of this paper is to analyze the rebound effect from increased efficiency in industrial use of energy in Sweden. Energy efficiency improvements can have sig-nificant micro- and macroeconomic effects that hampers the positive effect on real energy savings. To assess the size of the overall rebound effect in the Swedish econo-my we apply a computable general equilibrium model. The results show that the economy-wide rebound effect in Sweden depends on a number of factors, e.g. the extent of the energy efficiency improvement, how the labour market is modeled as well as if the increase in energy efficiency is combined with a cost or not. We find that the rebound effect following a 5 percent increase of energy efficiency in the Swedish industry lies in the range of 40-70 percent. When energy efficiency only is improved in energy-intensive production, the rebound effect becomes even higher. These findings are in line with the results in the literature.

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  • Broberg, Thomas & Berg, Charlotte & Samakovlis, Eva, 2014. "The economy-wide rebound effect from improved energy efficiency in Swedish industries – A general equilibrium analysis," CERE Working Papers 2014:8, CERE - the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics.
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    Keywords

    rebound effect; energy efficiency; energy use; industry; computable general equilibrium;
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    JEL classification:

    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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