Factors affecting wood energy consumption by U.S. households

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-397

  Song, Nianfu ^a   Aguilar, Francisco X ^a   Shifley, Stephen R ^a   Goerndt, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Demand; Residential energy consumption; Tobit; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; DEMAND; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TOBIT; WOODY BIOMASS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY POLICY; RURAL AREAS; WOOD;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOMASS POWER; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; FUELWOOD; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RURAL AREA; URBANIZATION;

BIOMASS; DEMAND; ELASTICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857369881     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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