A public perspective on the adoption of microgeneration technologies in New Zealand: A multivariate probit approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-188

  Baskaran, Ramesh ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b   Bendig, Mirko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microgeneration technologies; Multivariate probit; Willingness to adopt

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY;

CULTURAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; GROWING DEMAND; MICROGENERATION; MULTIVARIATE PROBIT; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT;

COSTS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POWER GENERATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84877134829     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.02.047     Document Type: Article

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