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Loss aversion and price volatility as determinants of attitude towards and preference for variable price in the Swedish electricity market

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  • Juliusson, E. Asgeir
  • Gamble, Amelie
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  • Juliusson, E. Asgeir & Gamble, Amelie & Garling, Tommy, 2007. "Loss aversion and price volatility as determinants of attitude towards and preference for variable price in the Swedish electricity market," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(11), pages 5953-5957, November.
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    2. Vesterberg, Mattias, 2017. "The effect of price on electricity contract choice," Umeå Economic Studies 941, Umeå University, Department of Economics.
    3. Gauthier Lanot & Mattias Vesterberg, 2019. "An empirical model of the decision to switch between electricity price contracts," Journal of Business Analytics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 2(1), pages 24-46, January.
    4. Elisabeth Gsottbauer & Jeroen Bergh, 2011. "Environmental Policy Theory Given Bounded Rationality and Other-regarding Preferences," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 49(2), pages 263-304, June.
    5. Watson, Nicole E. & Huebner, Gesche M. & Fell, Michael J. & Shipworth, David, 2020. "Two energy suppliers are better than one: Survey experiments on consumer engagement with local energy in GB," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    6. Gamble, Amelie & Juliusson, E. Asgeir & Gärling, Tommy, 2009. "Consumer attitudes towards switching supplier in three deregulated markets," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 38(5), pages 814-819, October.
    7. Vesterberg, Mattias, 2018. "The effect of price on electricity contract choice," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 59-70.
    8. Ek, Kristina & Söderholm, Patrik, 2008. "Households' switching behavior between electricity suppliers in Sweden," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 16(4), pages 254-261, December.
    9. Watson, Nicole Elizabeth & Huebner, Gesche & Fell, Michael James & Shipworth, David, 2020. "Two energy suppliers are better than one: survey experiments on consumer engagement with local energy in GB," SocArXiv e9nyu, Center for Open Science.
    10. Köksal, Emin & Ardıyok, Şahin, 2018. "Regulatory and market disharmony in the Turkish electricity industry," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 90-98.

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