Socio-political factors influencing household electricity consumption: A comparison between Denmark and Belgium

This paper compares household electricity consumption in Denmark and Belgium on the basis of survey data and national statistics and it shows that there is a higher level of electricity consumption in Belgium. The first part of the paper focuses on background variables and shows that the Danish background variables can explain 30-40% of the variations in electricity consumption, whereas the Belgian data only explain 10-30% of the variations. Thus in both cases other more qualitative aspects explain most of the differences. The second part focuses on comparing the practices that generate electr... Mehr ...