Determinants of households' investment in energy efficiency and renewables: Evidence from the OECD survey on household environmental behaviour and attitudes

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Ameli, Nadia ^a   Brandt, Nicola ^a  

^a OECD ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT   (France)

Author keywords

consumer behavior; discrete choice; energy efficiency; technology adoption

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURVEYS;

CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; DISCRETE CHOICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84928735830     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/4/044015     Document Type: Article

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