Improving Energy Poverty Measurement in Southern European Regions through Equivalization of Modeled Energy Costs
, Lefkothea Papada 2, JoĂŁo Pedro Gouveia 3, Nikolas Katsoulakos 2 and Dimitris Kaliampakos 4Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I enjoyed reading this paper, and believe the comparison on energy poverty calculation methods across different countries to the UK advances the energy justice literature. The authors present relevant tables to guide the reader through the results. There are some places where English language and sentence structure can be improved, particularly in the introduction. There are several run-on sentences (example line 96-102).
A few other comments.
1) The authors should spell out acronyms the first time used, and not use them in the abstract unless widely known.
2) line 80-81, should well isolated, be well-insulated?
3) Did the authors check for multicollinearity in their econometric models?
Author Response
English language and style: Moderate English changes required. There are some places where English language and sentence structure can be improved, particularly in the introduction. There are several run-on sentences (example line 96-102).
Response: English language and style revised all through the text, not only in the introduction
Point 1: The authors should spell out acronyms the first time used, and not use them in the abstract unless widely known
Response 1: Corrected in the abstract
Point 2: line 80-81, should well isolated, be well-insulated?
Response 2: Corrected
Point 3: Did the authors check for multicollinearity in their econometric models? Since many of the
Response 3: Multicollinearity was not analysed. It is easy to know which variables can represent the same thing, as a pensioner, retired, over 65... and only one has been chosen. The variables have been displayed graphically, there is no perfect linearity. In addition, STATA detects these problems when calculating a regression.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The paper is well written and novel. It covered a perspective of energy poverty measurement in Southern Europe.
Author Response
English language and style: English language and style are fine/minor spell check required
Response: English language and style revised all through the text, not only in the introduction
