Why don't households see the light?. Explaining the diffusion of compact fluorescent lamps.

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-378

  Mills, Bradford F ^a   Schleich, Joachim ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Double hurdle model; Energy efficiency; Light bulbs; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; DOUBLE-HURDLE MODEL; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; INCANDESCENT BULBS; LIGHT BULBS; SMALL SIZE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

GERMANY;

EID: 77952882900     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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