Applying threshold models to donations to a green electricity fund

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1819-1825

  Ito, Nobuyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Kenji ^a   Tsuge, Takahiro ^b   Kishimoto, Atsuo ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Green electricity fund; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; GREEN ELECTRICITY; HERD BEHAVIORS; PARTICIPATION RATE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; THRESHOLD MODEL;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTRUISM; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THRESHOLD;

EID: 75149177940     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.057     Document Type: Article

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