The effects of energy efficiency and environmental labels on appliance choice in South Korea

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 559-576

  Jeong, Gicheol ^a   Kim, Yeunjoong ^b  

^a Science and Technology Policy Institute   (South Korea)

^b EnerOne Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Discrete choice experiment; Energy efficiency label; Environmental label; Labeling schemes

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT; MANUFACTURE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADES; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; KOREAN GOVERNMENT; LABELING SCHEME; MONETARY VALUE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECOLABELING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84929468020     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-014-9307-1     Document Type: Article

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