Disclosure of electricity products-lessons from consumer research as guidance for energy policy

Energy Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1459-1474

  Markard, Jochen ^a   Holt, Edward ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Ed Holt and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer research; Electricity information disclosure; Market transparency

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CONSUMER RESEARCH;

ENERGY POLICY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; INFORMATION; POLICY MAKING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038684468     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(02)00201-X     Document Type: Article

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