Green signalling effects in the market for energy-efficient residential buildings

Applied Energy

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 560-571

  Fuerst, Franz ^a   Oikarinen, Elias ^b   Harjunen, Oskari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c City of Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy performance rating; Hedonic pricing; Housing; Signalling value; Time on market

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; COMMERCE; COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; LABELS; RATING;

EFFICIENCY RATING; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HEDONIC PRICING; HELSINKI , FINLAND; INTANGIBLE FACTORS; MAINTENANCE COST; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; GREEN ECONOMY; INCENTIVE; MARKET CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRICE DETERMINATION; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84989853109     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.07.076     Document Type: Article

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