Consumers' bounded rationality: The case of competitive energy markets

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-389

  Dyner, Isaac ^a   Franco, Carlos Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Consumers' choice; Energy efficiency; Industrial organizations; Institutional economics; Simulation; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDED RATIONALITY; CONSUMER'S CHOICE; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS;

EID: 9144273952     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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