Valuing energy policy attributes for environmental management: Choice experiment evidence from a research institution

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5105-5115

  Komarek, Timothy M ^a   Lupi, Frank ^a   Kaplowitz, Michael D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change policy; Fuel portfolio; Stated preferences

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENERGY USE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; REDUCTION STRATEGY; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; STATED PREFERENCES; WELFARE IMPLICATIONS;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 79960705982     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.054     Document Type: Article

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