Applying Behavioral Economics Methods to Energy Policymaking in Saudi Arabia

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Agent Based modeling
Analytics
Applied Research
Autometrics
barganing modeling
behavior analysis
Bottom up model
Calibration
CDMP
CO2 emissions
Data Management
Decision Making
Decision Science
Demand forecasts
Demand modeling
Double Dividend
Econometric modeling and forecasting
Economic Policy Analysis
Efficiency potentials
Endogenous Policy
Energy consumption
Energy demand
Energy demand models
Energy econometrics
Energy efficiency
Energy policy
Energy Price Reforms
Energy-Macroeconomic nexus
Enumerative model politics
Extended Mathematical Programming (EMP)
feesability analysis
Fiscal Reforms
game theory
GAMS
General Equilibrium models
General-to-specific modeling strategy
GeoAI
Geoinformation
geopolitics
GIS
Global Effects
Global Gas
Households Consumption
Hybrid model
Integrated Energy Model
Integrated Modeling
KTAB
Location Intelligence
Macroeconometric
Market Regulation
Mixed Complementarity Problem (MCP)
Model Integration
Modeling environmental impacts
Negotiations
Non-Oil GDP
Optimization
policy making models
policy simulation
Policy Studies
predictive analytics
Regional demand
Remote Sensing
Renewable energy
Satellite
Scenario Development
Sectoral Analyses of Energy
Spatial
Spatial model politics
Urban Analytics
Version Control
Vision 2030
WebGIS

Project Aim

The research project will help to understand how Behavioral Economic methods can be a viable policy option in Saudi Arabia. It will pave the way for a new cost-effective mechanism to achieve desired outcomes in energy consumption behavior.

Key questions

What is the impact of four BE intervention methods on residential electricity consumption, the overall household income savings, the associated energy savings in quantity and value to the government, and the CO2-associated avoidance?
How specific are each intervention's effects on Saudi Arabia residents relative to findings in the literature?
How can we design BE methods to make them relevant to the Saudi context?