Consumer responses towards home energy financial incentives: A survey-based study

Energy Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-297

  Zhao, Tingting ^a   Bell, Lindsey ^b   Horner, Mark W ^a   Sulik, John ^a   Zhang, Jinfeng ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Loan subsidies; Tax credits

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSIONS; CONSUMER DECISION MAKING; CONSUMER RESPONSE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY TAXES; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; FLORIDA; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INVESTMENT COSTS; LOAN SUBSIDIES; PARTICIPATION RATE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR PANELS; TAX CREDITS;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; PURCHASING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS; TAXATION;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FINANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; TAX INCENTIVE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862260154     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.070     Document Type: Article

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