?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F3198%2F&rft.title=Household+Energy+Choices+and+Fuelwood+Consumption%3A+An+Econometric+Approach+to+the+French+Data&rft.creator=Couture%2C+St%C3%A9phane&rft.creator=Garcia%2C+Serge&rft.creator=Reynaud%2C+Arnaud&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=In+an+international+context+of+soaring+oil+prices+and+growing+awareness+of+the+need+to+combat+global+warming%2C+wood+would+appear+to+be+becoming+increasingly+competitive+and+desirable+for+our+environment.+France+is+the+leading+consumer+of+fuelwood+in+the+EU%2C+mainly+for+home%0D%0Aconsumption+and+for+heating%2C+although+the+share+of+wood+in+primary+energy+consumption+is+still+very+low+(4%25).+It+is+therefore+important+to+understand+how+domestic+consumer+fuelwood+demand+is+determined.+We+propose+an+econometric+analysis+of+fuelwood+consumption+by%0D%0Amodeling+the+choice+made+by+consumers+of+the+type+of+use+of+wood+for+heating%2C+and+the+possible+combination+between+one+energy+used+as+a+main+source+of+heating+and+another+used+as+a+back-up.+Our+estimations+show+that+this+choice+is+mainly+determined+by+income.+Wood+is+chosen+as+the+main+energy+source+by+the+poorest+households.+Consumption+is+price+sensitive+in+the+case+of+main+use+of+wood+(price+elasticity+of+-0.4)%2C+but+price+elasticity+is+lower+in+the+case+of+back-up+use%2C+and+varies+according+to+the+type+of+energy+used+as+the+main+source+(electricity%2C+gas%2C+fuel+oil).&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2009-05&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=fr&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F3198%2F1%2FCouture_3198.pdf&rft.identifier=++Couture%2C+St%C3%A9phane%2C+Garcia%2C+Serge+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F05848924X%3E+and+Reynaud%2C+Arnaud+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F15826956X%3E++(2009)+Household+Energy+Choices+and+Fuelwood+Consumption%3A+An+Econometric+Approach+to+the+French+Data.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+09-044+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F22147&rft.language=en