Profiling potential green electricity tariff adopters: Green consumerism as an environmental policy tool?

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 456-470

  Diaz Rainey, Ivan ^a   Ashton, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Environmental policy; Green consumerism; Green electricity; Green energy; Investment in renewables; Sustainable development; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TARIFF STRUCTURE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82255193138     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.699     Document Type: Article

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