Concerns over the allocation methods employed in the US low-income home energy assistance program

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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 344-358

  Kaiser, Mark J ^a   Pulsipher, Allan G ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Government: programs

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EID: 33746881739     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1060.0223     Document Type: Review

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