The behavioural aspect of green technology investments: A general positive model in the context of heterogeneous agents

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-55

  Knobloch, Florian ^a   Mercure, Jean Francois ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioural science; Energy efficiency gap; Green technologies; Policy assessment; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84962550590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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