The impact of government policy on preference for NEVs: The evidence from China

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 382-393

  Zhang, Xian ^a,b   Wang, Ke ^a   Hao, Yu ^a   Fan, Jing Li ^a   Wei, Yi Ming ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21   (China)

Author keywords

Government policy; New energy vehicles; Purchasing motivations

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; FINANCIAL BENEFITS; NEW ENERGY VEHICLES; PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PREFERENTIAL POLICIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

MOTIVATION; PURCHASING; SALES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STATE ROLE; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

CHINA;

EID: 84881669179     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.114     Document Type: Article

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