Demand by product characteristics: Measuring solar cell quality over time

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-506

  Haller, I ^a   Grupp, H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metric re scaling; Photovoltaics; Product characteristics; Quality change and demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349675327     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-009-0140-1     Document Type: Article

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