title: Households' pro-environmental habits and investments in water and energy consumption: determinants and relationships.
abstract: Economic instruments have received a lot of attention in the literature dealing with water and energy demand management. However factors driving households' behaviour/habits and investment in water-saving and energy-saving equipment have been seldom studied. The main purpose of this article is to contribute to this literature by analysing the main determinants of a set of households' conservation habits and pro-environmental investment decisions. Using household-level data from Spain, we show that conservation habits and the purchase of resource-efficient appliances are not independent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez-Espiñeira
authors.affiliation: Oviedo Efficiency Group, Department of Economics, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Electronic address: mariangv@uniovi.es.
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: García-Valiñas
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nauges
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004782:Environmental Health; D005191:Family Characteristics; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: C35; D10; Energy conservation; Habits; Multivariate probit; Q25; Q40; Q53; Technology adoption; Water conservation