Identifying the factors affecting the willingness to pay for fuel-efficient vehicles in Turkey: A case of hybrids

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3038-3043

  Erdem, Cumhur ^a   Şentürk, Ismail ^a   Şimşek, Türker ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consumers; Hybrids; WTP

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS; FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES; HYBRID AUTOMOBILES; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; RESEARCH STUDIES; RISK PREFERENCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUTOMOBILES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL WARMING;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

TURKEY;

EID: 77950924927     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.043     Document Type: Article

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