Residential willingness-to-pay for reducing coal-fired generation's emissions in Hong Kong

Electricity Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 50-66

  Woo, C K ^a   Shiu, Alice ^b   Cheng, Y S ^a   Li, Ray ^b   Ho, Tony ^a   Horowitz, Ira ^c   Wang, Jianhui ^d  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84899636587     PISSN: 10406190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tej.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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