Demand for cooking fuels in a developing country: To what extent do taste and preferences matter?

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6525-6531

  Akpalu, Wisdom ^a   Dasmani, Isaac ^b   Aglobitse, Peter B ^b  

^a FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Demand for fuel; Ghana; Taste and preferences

Indexed keywords

BIO-MASS ENERGY; COOKING FUELS; DEMAND FOR FUEL; FUEL TYPES; GHANA; HIGH RATE; INDOOR POLLUTION; LIVING STANDARDS; PRICE ELASTICITY; TASTE AND PREFERENCES;

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELASTICITY; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

FUELS;

BIOMASS POWER; CHARCOAL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELWOOD; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LIVING STANDARD; PETROLEUM; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

GHANA;

EID: 80052779633     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.054     Document Type: Article

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