Household adoption of water-efficient equipment: The role of socio-economic factors, environmental attitudes and policy

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-565

  Millock, Katrin ^a   Nauges, Céline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Metering; Residential water use; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

ATTITUDES; DRIVING FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; METERING; OECD COUNTRIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER USE;

EQUIPMENT;

EQUIPMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; OECD; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77954622858     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9360-y     Document Type: Article

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