Turning green: Agent-based modeling of the adoption of dynamic electricity tariffs

Energy Policy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-174

  Kowalska Pyzalska, Anna ^a   Maciejowska, Katarzyna ^a   Suszczyński, Karol ^b   Sznajd Weron, Katarzyna ^a   Weron, Rafał ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Consumer decisions; Demand response; Dynamic pricing; Innovation diffusion; Intention behavior gap

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRICITY;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CONSUMER DECISIONS; DEMAND RESPONSE; DYNAMIC PRICING; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; INTENTION-BEHAVIOR GAP;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; INNOVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EID: 84902116687     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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