Impact of the 2022 Energy Crisis on the Importance of Energy Performance Certificates for the Real Estate Market

Author information:

Dalma Eszter Fekete https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0599-6564: Neumann János University, undergraduate. E-mail: dalma.fekete98@gmail.com

Eszter Baranyai https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9444-2584: Neumann János University, Master Lecturer; Magyar Nemzeti Bank, Senior Education and Research Expert. E-mail: baranyai.eszter@nje.hu

Cite as (APA):

Fekete, D. E., & Baranyai, E. (2024). Impact of the 2022 Energy Crisis on the Importance of Energy Performance Certificates for the Real Estate Market. Financial and Economic Review, 23(1), 106–134. https://doi.org/10.33893/FER.23.1.106

Column:

Study

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes:

O13, Q40, R30, R31

Keywords:

housing market, energy crisis, sustainability, energy performance certificate

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Addendum

At the request of the authors received on 11 March 2025, the following is added to the author's footnote on page 106 of the study:
"We thank the 2023 Student Research Conference (TDK) Committee at John von Neumann University for useful comments on the earlier version that earned National Student Research Conference nomination. Dalma Eszter Fekete’s original TDK research was supervised by Eszter Baranyai. We also thank the anonymous reviewers and the Editorial Board for their suggestions.”