Plausibly Exogenous [1494] - Daylight Savings (03/05/2024)
LHS Variable
Residential electricity consumption
RHS Variable
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Source of Exogenous Variation
While some counties in Indiana have historically practiced DST, the majority have not. This changed with a state law requiring all counties to begin practicing DST in 2006.
- Kotchen and Grant (2011), “Does daylight saving time save energy? Evidence from a natural experiment in Indiana”