The determinants of residential gas demand in Ireland
基于爱尔兰智能计量天然气消费者行为试验的每日面板数据，研究了天气、住房结构和社会经济特征对居民天然气需求的影响，并评估了需求侧管理措施的效果。
This paper examines the determinants of residential gas demand in Ireland using a micro-econometric analysis of the daily gas consumption panel data from Ireland's Smart Metering Gas Consumer Behavioural Trial. It also investigates the effectiveness of the demand side management stimuli that were tested during the Smart Metering Trial. The analysis is based on a sample of 1181 households over 539 days in the period from 1st December 2009 to 30th May 2011. The results provide evidence that weather, together with the structural characteristics of the dwellings and the socio-economic characteristics of the households, are significant factors in explaining residential gas demand. More specifically, weather is found to be the most influential factor on household's daily gas consumption. Finally, the demand side management stimuli employed in the Smart Metering Trial were found to reduce daily household gas use on average.