Determinants of consumer interest in fuel economy: Lessons for strengthening the conservation argument

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 768-778

  Popp, Michael ^a   Van de Velde, Liesbeth ^b   Vickery, Gina ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^b   Verbeke, Wim ^b   Dixon, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer perceptions; Food vs. fuel tradeoff; Fuel economy; Fuel efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES; BELGIUM; BIO FUELS; CAR REPAIRS; CONSUMER INTERESTS; CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS; DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS; EMISSION TECHNOLOGIES; FOOD VS. FUEL TRADEOFF; FUEL EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL ENERGIES; PURCHASING DECISIONS; RELATIVE PRICES; RENEWABLE FUELS; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

AGRICULTURE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FUELS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); REPAIR; SALES; VEHICLES;

FUEL ECONOMY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY MARKET; FUEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63949085914     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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