The impact of the household decision environment on fuel choice behavior

Energy Economics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-247

  Van der Kroon, Bianca ^a   Brouwer, Roy ^a   Van Beukering, Pieter J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Consumer behavior; Energy ladder; Fuel switching; Improved cookstove

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CHARCOAL; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; STOVES;

CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; DECISION ENVIRONMENT; FUEL SWITCHING; HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS; IMPROVED COOKSTOVE; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COOKING APPLIANCE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; PERIURBAN AREA;

EID: 84899997946     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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