Weekly Energy Economics Paper Monitor

2026-04-26 to 2026-05-26

Weekly Brief

This weekly digest tracks newly published papers from selected journals and free metadata feeds, with a primary focus on energy economics across demand, supply, markets, prices, policy, and forecasting. Climate-sensitive demand, exposure, adaptation, and specialized empirical approaches are treated as important subthemes rather than hard requirements.

Report Window 2026-04-26 to 2026-05-26
Papers Identified 3
Highlighted Below 3
Journals Checked 7

This week's shortlist centered on Micro evidence and empirical design and Energy demand, supply, markets, and policy, with 3 relevant papers identified and 3 highlighted below.

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Key Themes This Week

A quick overview of the main ideas that shaped this reporting window.

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Micro evidence and empirical design

Several papers used household-, firm-, or regional-level evidence to study behavior, heterogeneity, and policy incidence in energy-economics settings.

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Energy demand, supply, markets, and policy

The strongest papers this week focused on core energy-economics questions around demand, supply, pricing, market design, and policy.

Weekly Synthesis

The sections below bring the most relevant papers together with short editorial summaries and direct links.

Micro evidence and empirical design

The most useful micro and empirical papers this week provided micro-level evidence on energy behavior, pricing, and policy incidence.

Realtor Forecasting Accuracy on Homebuyer Preferences for Energy Efficiency

Environmental and Resource Economics | 2026-05-26

Abstract Residential energy use is a major contributor to total energy consumption and CO 2 emissions, and energy costs can take up high shares of household spending. In this context, we make three contributions to the literature. First, using a discrete choice experiment with 1,389 prospective homebuyers in Sweden, we investigate how homebuyers account for energy efficiency of buildings compared to other attributes when looking for a new home. Second, we elicit forecasts from a sample of 252 realtors whom we...

Economic Assessment of the Role of Nuclear and Renewables in Future Decarbonized Electricity Markets

The Energy Journal | 2026-05-25

This study investigates and compares the profitability and welfare effects of investing in zero-carbon generation technologies (i.e., solar PV, onshore and offshore wind and nuclear) within the context of future low-carbon electricity systems. Using a partial equilibrium model calibrated to the electricity markets in Northwest Europe, a Monte Carlo cost simulation and a scenario-based sensitivity analysis, the analysis reveals that investments in renewables outperform investments in nuclear power when looking at...

Energy demand, supply, markets, and policy

This week's most relevant papers concentrated on core questions in energy demand, supply, prices, and policy.

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