Does pro-environmental behaviour affect carbon emissions?

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 972-981

  Tabi, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CO2 emission; Latent cluster analysis; Pro environmental behavior

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; STRUCTURAL FACTOR; TRANSPORT ACTIVITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SURVEYS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

HUNGARY;

EID: 84887184284     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.049     Document Type: Article

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