Making Consumers Comfortable
The Early Decades of Air Conditioning in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5753272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeff E Biddle, Jeff Biddle (Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1078-1094 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050711002257 |
| OpenAlex | W2123452018 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
During the air conditioner industry's first four decades, most installations were "commercial comfort" air conditioning systems, purchased by retailers to increase demand for their products. Air conditioning spread unevenly through the commercial sector and across the country. Using data from a variety of sources, I offer a quantitative account of this diffusion, viewed through an interpretive framework that emphasizes differences across geographic markets and industries in the costs and benefits to retailers of installing air conditioning. Correlates of early adoption of commercial air conditioning include electricity rates and consumer income and education levels
Air conditioning · Business · Conditioning · Economics · Electricity · Electricity demand · Electricity generation · Variety (cybernetics) · Building Energy and Comfort Optimization · Computer Science · Energy Efficiency and Management · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Engineering · Marketing
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |