Economic theory suggests that energy subsidies can lead to excessive consumption and environmental degradation. However, the precise impact of is not well understood. We analyze a large subsidy: California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE). CARE provides price reduction low-income consumers natural gas electricity. Using field experiment, we estimate elasticity demand be about -0.35 customers. ...

Energy consumption in buildings accounts for more than a third of European CO2 emissions. The existing building stock shows the most potential energy savings but at expense costly renovations. Thus, public intervention is decisive driving transformation this sector. However, policymakers mostly rely on heat estimates to develop energy-saving policies, limiting possibility aligning renovation su...

Some favor maintaining constraints on bank powers and organizational form because they believe banks receive a significant net subsidy from access to the federal safety net. They argue that this net subsidy will be successfully transferred to subsidiaries or affiliates engaged in non-traditional activities, giving these units a significant competitive advantage vis a vis rivals not affiliated w...

With the cost of solar and wind technologies having declined, governments are scaling back subsidies guarantees that have historically supported development renewable power. The renewables sector is struggling to stand commercially on its own feet, however: without state support, it often difficult for developers secure project funding. This article examines both this growing challenge energy t...

BACKGROUND Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and some cancers. It is estimated that, in Australia, physical inactivity contributes to 13,500 annual deaths and incurs an annual cost of AU$ 21 billion to the health care system. The cost of physical inactivity to the Western Australian (WA) economy is estimated to be ab...

OBJECTIVES There is an urgent need to understand how to improve targeting of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) to patients with confirmed malaria infection, including subsidised ACTs sold over-the-counter. We hypothesised that offering an antimalarial subsidy conditional on a positive malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) would increase uptake of testing and improve rational use of ACTs. ME...