The influences of financial and non-financial factors on energy-saving behaviour: A field experiment in Japan

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 775-787

  Mizobuchi, Kenichi ^a   Takeuchi, Kenji ^b  

^a MATSUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic incentive; Electricity saving behaviour; Household

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE FEEDBACKS; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ELECTRICITY-SAVING BEHAVIOUR; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; HOUSEHOLD; NEW ECOLOGICAL PARADIGM (NEP);

ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION;

FINANCE;

ECONOMETRICS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INCENTIVE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84887198462     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.064     Document Type: Article

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