Emission taxes and the adoption of cleaner technologies: The case of environmentally conscious consumers

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 486-504

  Gil Moltó, Maria José ^a   Varvarigos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental taxation; Environmentally conscious consumers; Technology choice

Indexed keywords

CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES; EMISSION TAXES; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION; ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS; TECHNOLOGY CHOICES;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; TAXATION; TECHNOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODELING; OLIGOPOLY; POLLUTION TAX; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84887826355     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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