Martinez-Espineira, Roberto, García-Valiñas, Maria A. and Nauges, Céline (2014) Households’ pro-environmental habits and investments in water and energy consumption: Determinants and relationships. Journal of Environmental Management, 133. pp. 174-183.

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.