Estimating willingness to pay for renewable energy in South Korea using the contingent valuation method

Energy Policy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 150-156

  Lee, Chul Yong ^a   Heo, Hyejin ^a  

^a Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Renewable energy sources; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESOURCE VALUATION;

CONSUMER PREFERENCES; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; ESTIMATION RESULTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84962877330     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.051     Document Type: Article

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