 An econometric analysis of residential consumption of fuelwood in a mountainous prefecture of Northern GreeceG. Arabatzis and Chrysovalantis Malesios Energy Policy, 2011, vol. 39, issue 12, 8088-8097 Abstract: Biomass is a renewable energy source of increasing importance, especially since the energy policies of countries today are largely focused on renewable energy. It is a renewable energy source with significant potential to contribute to the energy needs of modern society, both for developing and developed countries around the world. One very important source of biomass is wood and fuelwood in particular. This article aims at providing an empirical analysis of household fuelwood consumption and the determinants of the choice to use the specific energy for heating and cooking in a district of Northern Greece. In the current empirical analysis several household fuelwood consumption models are employed, such as GLM, Tobit and Heckman regression-based techniques. The results show that household sociological and economical characteristics as well as more general environmental issues are suitable to explain differences towards fuelwood consumption for space heating and cooking. We additionally evaluate the household fuelwood consumption for heating through the statistical analyses conducted. Keywords: Fuelwood consumption; Statistical and econometric analysis; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:enepol:v:39:y:2011:i:12:p:8088-8097 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.10.003 Access Statistics for this article Energy Policy is currently edited by N. France More articles in Energy Policy from Elsevier |
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