Energy consumption and savings: A survey-based study of Finnish households

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-92

  Kopsakangas Savolainen, Maria ^a,b   Juutinen, Artti ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

attitudes; energy consumption; households; ordered probit; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924227035     PISSN: 21606544     EISSN: 21606552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2012.755758     Document Type: Article

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