Examining the decision-making processes behind household energy investments: A review

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-89

  Kastner, Ingo ^a   Stern, Paul C ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Households; Investment decisions; Renewable energies; Retrofit measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938895138     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.07.008     Document Type: Review

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