Willingness to pay and price elasticities of demand for energy-efficient appliances: Combining the hedonic approach and demand systems

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Galarraga, Ibon ^a   González Eguino, Mikel ^a   Markandya, Anil ^a  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demand systems; Energy efficiency labelling; Hedonic method; Household appliances (dishwashers)

Indexed keywords

DEMAND SYSTEMS; ENERGY-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES; HEDONIC METHOD; MARKET PRICE; PRICE ELASTICITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COSTS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELASTICITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SPAIN;

EID: 80054899333     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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