The adoption of photovoltaic systems in Wiesbaden, Germany

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-535

  Müller, Sven ^a   Rode, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adoption; binary panel logit; diffusion; discrete choice; imitation; installed base; photovoltaics; solar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887998029     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2013.804333     Document Type: Article

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