An experimental study on the gap between willingness to pay and willingness to donate for green electricity

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Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-357

  Menges, Roland ^b   Traub, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Free riding; Green electricity; Impure altruism; Willingness to donate; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749111125     PISSN: 00152218     EISSN: 16140974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/001522109X477804     Document Type: Article

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