Consumer willingness to pay for appliances produced by Green Power Partners

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1095-1102

  Ward, David O ^a   Clark, Christopher D ^a   Jensen, Kimberly L ^a   Yen, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent choice; Renewable energy; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; CONTINGENT CHOICE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREEN POWER; ONLINE SURVEYS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MANUFACTURE;

REFRIGERATORS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EQUIPMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 80155179519     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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