Paternalism and Energy Efficiency: An Overview
综述了行为公共经济学在能源效率中的应用，用简单模型形式化消费者非最优决策，评述实证证据并指出政策可能误配或校准不当。
This article provides an overview of the application of behavioral public economics to energy efficiency. I document policy makers' arguments for “paternalistic” energy efficiency policies, formalize with a simple model of misoptimizing consumers, review and critique empirical evidence, and suggest future research directions. Although empirical results suggest that policies to address imperfect information and internalities may increase welfare in some cases, some existing policies may be mistargeted or miscalibrated.