| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Trial End Date | Before April 15, 2019 | After June 29, 2019 |
| Field Last Published | Before October 28, 2019 11:17 AM | After December 19, 2024 05:32 AM |
| Field Study Withdrawn | Before | After No |
| Field Intervention Completion Date | Before | After June 29, 2019 |
| Field Data Collection Complete | Before | After Yes |
| Field Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) | Before | After 24 clusters (48 firms) |
| Field Was attrition correlated with treatment status? | Before | After No |
| Field Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations | Before | After 43 firms |
| Field Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms | Before | After 21 firms control, 22 firms energy audit |
| Field Public Data URL | Before | After https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AWLTYI |
| Field Program Files | Before | After Yes |
| Field Program Files URL | Before | After https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AWLTYI |
| Field Data Collection Completion Date | Before | After June 29, 2019 |
| Field Is data available for public use? | Before | After Yes |
| Field Keyword(s) | Before Environment And Energy, Firms And Productivity | After Environment And Energy, Firms And Productivity |
| Field Building on Existing Work | Before | After No |
| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After We study whether structured management practices affect the uptake and impact of industrial energy efficiency measures, which are widely considered important for mitigating climate change. In a randomized experiment that provides small- and medium-sized metal machining firms with tailored recommendations to improve energy efficiency, we find that the likelihood of recommendation adoption increases with a firm’s management practice score. However, the intervention’s main effect—a reduction in the unit cost of electricity—is larger in firms with less developed structured practices. We find that this effect can be traced to managers’ suboptimal selection of transformer-related parameters at baseline, which resulted in higher electricity costs. This “energy management gap” is most strongly associated with low monitoring, target-setting, and incentive practice scores. Our findings suggest that structured management practices may help firms absorb new ideas that are expected to reduce physical energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, while tailoring interventions to address management practice gaps in low-scoring firms may unlock opportunities to save energy cost. However, impact on greenhouse gas emissions may be limited. |
| Field Paper Citation | Before | After Karplus, V.J. and Zhang, D. (2022). When “Low-Hanging Fruit” Are Beyond Reach: Management Practices and Firm Energy Efficiency. MIT CEEPR Working Paper 2022-009. |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://ceepr.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-009.pdf |