Shedding light on the light bulb puzzle: The role of attitudes and perceptions in the adoption of energy efficient light bulbs

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-67

  Di Maria, Corrado ^a   Ferreira, Susana ^b   Lazarova, Emiliya ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; MODELING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

IRELAND;

EID: 73149115252     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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