Energy prices and the adoption of energy-saving technology

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 533, 2008, Pages 1986-2012

  Linn, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRICE DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 54049154726     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02199.x     Document Type: Article

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