Perceived importance of fuel characteristics and its match with consumer beliefs about biofuels in Belgium

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3183-3193

  Van de Velde, Liesbeth ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^a   Popp, Michael ^b   Buysse, Jeroen ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Biofuels; Consumer

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BELIEFS; CONSUMER; CONSUMER RESEARCH; CONSUMER SEGMENTS; ENERGY DEPENDENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; FUEL CHARACTERISTICS; FUEL STATION; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; JOB CREATION; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS;

EMPLOYMENT; FUEL GAGES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65749094782     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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