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The Role of Attitudes and Marketing in Consumer Behaviours in the British Retail Electricity Market

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  • Miguel Flores
  • Catherine Waddams Price

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We examine characteristics associated with consumer (dis)engagement in the residential electricity market, a topic of increasing policy interest and intervention, introducing consumer attitudes and marketing recall as new factors. General attitudes are closely associated with electricity market activity, with considerable variation in the strength and statistical significance of these relationships, indicating very different motivations amongst consumers. Recall of direct marketing routes has little identifiable effect, while advice of family and friends is influential.We identify implications for communication by both suppliers and policy makers seeking to improve the functioning of such markets, including the necessity for a variety of approaches.

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  • Miguel Flores & Catherine Waddams Price, 2018. "The Role of Attitudes and Marketing in Consumer Behaviours in the British Retail Electricity Market," The Energy Journal, , vol. 39(4), pages 153-180, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:enejou:v:39:y:2018:i:4:p:153-180
    DOI: 10.5547/01956574.39.4.mflo
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    1. Xiaoping He & David Reiner, 2017. "Why Consumers Switch Energy Suppliers: The Role of Individual Attitudes," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 6).
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