Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia

Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 605-613

  Beyene, Abebe D ^a   Koch, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adoption; Duration analysis; Improved stoves; Urban Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION DECISION; BIOMASS RESOURCES; COOK STOVE; COOKING TECHNOLOGY; DURATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHIOPIA; FOREST RESOURCES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; IMPROVED STOVES; PRODUCT PRICE; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SUBSTITUTE TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRADITIONAL COOKING;

DEFORESTATION; FUELS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; COOKING APPLIANCE; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INDOOR AIR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ETHIOPIA; FOREST PRODUCTS; FUELS; HEALTH;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84874293895     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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