Abstract: This paper uses data from the 2015 Residential Energy Consumption Survey to explore the extent to which renters' electricity use in the United States exceeds that of otherwise similar non-renters. Renting households are found to use approximately 9% more electricity than non-renters when controlling for location, socioeconomic, and many appliance-quantity controls. There are multiple factors that explain this extra electricity use, including inferior energy efficiency of appliances, behavioral factors, differences in bill payment responsibilities, and additional reliance by renters on electric space and water heaters. The paper finds that none of these factors are dominant. The phenomenon of renters' (conditionally) higher electricity use is thus best understood as one that emerges from multiple sources.

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影响租房者用电的因素：不仅仅是分裂激励

摘要：本文使用 2015 年住宅能源消耗调查的数据来探讨美国租房者的用电量超过其他类似非租房者的程度。在控制位置、社会经济和许多电器数量控制时，发现租赁家庭比非租赁家庭多使用约 9% 的电力。有多种因素可以解释这种额外的电力使用，包括电器的能源效率低下、行为因素、账单支付责任的差异以及租户对电力空间和热水器的额外依赖。论文发现这些因素都不是主导因素。因此，最好将租户（有条件地）更高用电量的现象理解为来自多种来源的现象。