Electricity supply preferences in Europe: Evidence from subjective well-being data

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-60

  Welsch, Heinz ^a   Biermann, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity mix; Energy transition; Fukushima; Preference; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ENERGY; WIND POWER;

ELECTRICITY-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; PREFERENCE; PREFERENCE RELATIONSHIPS; SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY;

ELECTRICITY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER; COAL; ENERGY USE; INCOME; OIL PRODUCTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

EUROPE; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84903649950     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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