Climate change adaptation: A study of fuel choice and consumption in the US energy sector

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-193

  Mansur, Erin T ^a   Mendelsohn, Robert ^b   Morrison, Wendy ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Discrete continuous model; Energy demand

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AMERICAN ENERGY EXPENDITURES; DISCRETE-CONTINUOUS MODELS; ENERGY DEMAND;

FUEL CONSUMPTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; WARMING; WELFARE IMPACT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39149106432     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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