Italian households' willingness to pay for green electricity

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-121

  Bigerna, Simona ^a   Polinori, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Economic downturn; Green electricity; Policy evaluation; Uncertainty; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; ECONOMIC DOWNTURN; GREEN ELECTRICITY; POLICY EVALUATION; UNCERTAINTY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

RESOURCE VALUATION;

EID: 84896938197     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.03.002     Document Type: Review

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