Real estate developers' concerns about uncertainty in building energy efficiency (BEE) investment-A transaction costs (TCs) perspective

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 116-129

  Qian, Queena K ^a,b   Chan, Edwin H W ^a   Choy, Lennon H T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building Energy Efficiency (BEE); Hong Kong; Real estate developers; Transaction Costs (TCs); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873404123     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.7.4.116     Document Type: Article

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