Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for compact fluorescent lighting: Policy implications for energy efficiency promotion in Saint Lucia

Energy Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 712-722

  Reynolds, Travis ^a   Kolodinsky, Jane ^b   Murray, Byron ^b  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Saint Lucia; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING; ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES; FLUORESCENT BULBS; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; LIGHTING MARKET; LOW QUALITIES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SAINT LUCIA; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STATED PREFERENCES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FLUORESCENCE; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING; PUBLIC POLICY; PURCHASING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; INCOME; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 84855942915     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.035     Document Type: Article

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