Information inefficiency and willingness-to-pay for energy-efficient technology: A stated preference approach for China Energy Label

Energy Policy

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-21

  Zhou, Hui ^a   Bukenya, James O ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China Energy Label; Energy efficiency; Information; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LABELS; SURVEYS;

DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY LABELS; INFORMATION; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS; STATED PREFERENCES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 84958257113     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.12.040     Document Type: Article

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