Understanding household switching behavior in the retail electricity market

Energy Policy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 406-414

  Yang, Yingkui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consumer switching; Denmark; Electricity retail market

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; SALES;

DENMARK; ELECTRICITY RETAIL MARKETS; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MARKET DEREGULATION; RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; RETAIL ELECTRICITY MARKETS; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS;

SWITCHING;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEREGULATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; RETAILING;

DENMARK;

EID: 84899065259     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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