Preferences for Energy Efficiency vs. Renewables: What Is the Willingness to Pay to Reduce CO2 Emissions?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 144, Issue , 2018, Pages 171-185

  Alberini, Anna ^a,b   Bigano, Andrea ^b,c   Ščasný, Milan ^d   Zvěřinová, Iva ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Centro Euro Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)   (Italy)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions reductions; Conjoint choice experiments, WTP for CO2 emissions reductions; Energy efficiency incentives; Income elasticity of WTP; Stated preferences

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HETEROGENEITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MITIGATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; ITALY;

EID: 85027498592     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.08.009     Document Type: Article

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