Consumption under noisy price signals: A study of electricity retail rate deregulation in San Diego

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-513

  Bushnell, James B ^a   Mansur, Erin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 29744453716     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2005.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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