Households' switching behavior between electricity suppliers in Sweden

Utilities Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 254-261

  Ek, Kristina ^a   Söderholm, Patrik ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contract; Electricity market; Sweden; Switching behavior

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 54049100712     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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