Does green consumerism increase the acceptance of wind power?

Energy Policy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 854-862

  Thøgersen, John ^a   Noblet, Caroline ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Green consumerism; Spillover; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ENTRY POINT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREEN CONSUMERISM; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LEARNING APPROACH; RANDOM SAMPLE; SPILLOVER;

ENERGY POLICY;

WIND POWER;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEARNING; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WIND POWER;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868206381     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.09.044     Document Type: Article

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