Left Out in the Cold? New Energy Tariffs, Low-Income Households and the Fuel Poor

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-194

  Bennett, Matthew ^a   Cooke, Dudley ^a   Waddams Price, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347307049     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2002.tb00058.x     Document Type: Article

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