Disclosure of Energy Operating Cost Information: A Silver Bullet for Overcoming the Energy-Efficiency Gap?

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-64

  Heinzle, Stefanie Lena ^a  

^a Institute for Economy and the Environment   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Choice based conjoint analysis; Discount rate; Energy efficiency gap; Energy labels; Energy operating cost disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857450298     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10603-012-9189-6     Document Type: Article

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