Determinants of household energy efficiency investment: analysis of refrigerator purchasing behavior
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Energy efficiency; Household; Micro data; Refrigerator;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
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