Energy efficiency investments in the home: Swiss homeowners and expectations about future energy prices

Energy Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-86

  Alberini, Anna ^a   Banfi, Silvia ^b   Ramseier, Celine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Discount rates; Energy efficiency; Energy savings; Residential energy use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873696919     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.34.1.3     Document Type: Article

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