Market segmentation and willingness to pay for green electricity among urban residents in China: The case of Jiangsu Province

Energy Policy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 514-523

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Wu, Yang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Green electricity; Market segmentation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MARKETS; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; ENERGY PROJECT; EXCHANGE RATES; GREEN ELECTRICITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; JIANGSU PROVINCE; LUXURY PRODUCTS; MARGINAL EFFECTS; MARKET SEGMENT; MARKET SEGMENTATION; PAYMENT CARD; RENEWABLE SOURCES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

COMMERCE;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY MARKET; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

EID: 84868205053     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.053     Document Type: Article

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