How consumers are willing to pay for low-carbon products? - Results from a carbon-labeling scenario experiment in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 366-373

  Shuai, Chuan Min ^a   Ding, Li Ping ^a   Zhang, Yu Kun ^a   Guo, Qing ^a   Shuai, Jing ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon labeling; Consumer willingness to pay; Experimental study; Logistic regression; Low carbon products; Single factor variance analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PUBLIC POLICY;

CARBON LABELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOW CARBON; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84908257777     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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