An econometric analysis of residential consumption of fuelwood in a mountainous prefecture of Northern Greece

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 8088-8097

  Arabatzis, G ^a   Malesios, Ch ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fuelwood consumption; Policy; Statistical and econometric analysis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY NEEDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FUELWOOD; FUELWOOD CONSUMPTION; NORTHERN GREECE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY; HEATING;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIOMASS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; FUELWOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; CONSUMPTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUELS; GREECE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; WOOD;

GREECE;

EID: 80855144198     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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