Factors influencing willingness-to-pay for the ENERGY STAR® label

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1450-1458

  Ward, David O ^a   Clark, Christopher D ^a   Jensen, Kimberly L ^a   Yen, Steven T ^a   Russell, Clifford S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco label; ENERGY STAR; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER LABELS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; ECOLABELS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENERGY COST SAVINGS; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY STAR; ENERGY STAR LABELS; ENERGY USAGE; HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES; ONLINE SURVEYS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; REFRIGERATORS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952068393     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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