Subjective discount rates in the general population and their predictive power for energy saving behavior

Energy Policy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 524-540

  Bruderer Enzler, Heidi ^a   Diekmann, Andreas ^a   Meyer, Reto ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy saving behavior; Stability of discount rates; Subjective discount rates

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; DISCOUNT RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS; GENERAL POPULATION; INTEREST RATES; PREDICTIVE POWER; SAVING ENERGY; TIME INTERVAL;

SURVEYS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

DISCOUNT RATE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INTEREST RATE; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84890313625     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.049     Document Type: Article

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