Environmental attitudes and emissions charging: An example of policy implications for vehicle choice

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-182

  Beck, Matthew J ^a   Rose, John M ^a   Hensher, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Emissions charging; Latent class; Policy implementation; Stated preference; Vehicle choice

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; VEHICLES;

ATTITUDES; LATENT CLASS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; STATED PREFERENCES; VEHICLE CHOICE;

PUBLIC POLICY;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 84874797313     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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