The Possible Impact of Information Disclosure on the Demand for Green Electricity Products

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Economy - Environment economics, grade: 1,7, University of Heidelberg (Alfred Weber Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften), course: The Economics of Information Disclosure, language: English, abstract: This paper tries to analyze electricity markets from the point of view of standard microeconomic theory. The research paper focuses on the question what role information distribution and information disclosure play for the demand for green electricity products. In the first part of the paper there are several assumptions made about the characteristics of electricity markets and about electricity as consumption good. In the second part the role of information disclosure is evaluated and empirical evidence discussed.