1. How Does Mandatory Energy Efficiency Disclosure Affect Housing Prices?
- Author
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Alecia Cassidy
- Subjects
Finance ,Economics and Econometrics ,business.industry ,Monetary economics ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,business ,Affect (psychology) ,Capitalization ,Efficient energy use ,Market failure ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
Since 2012, the United States has witnessed explosive growth in mandatory energy efficiency disclosure policies, which aim to address market failures in housing. I examine one such policy, comparing prices before and after the policy’s introduction for homes with different levels of energy efficiency features. I find increased capitalization of energy efficiency features. Effects are larger for difficult-to-observe features, suggesting the results are driven by information and not changing preferences for energy efficiency over time. This highlights the potential for disclosure policies to promote long-run energy efficiency investment by increasing the returns homeowners expect on these investments when they sell.
- Published
- 2023