Gasoline demand with heterogeneity in household responses

Energy Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-74

  Wadud, Zia ^a   Graham, Daniel J ^b   Noland, Robert B ^c  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 77749249585     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol31-No1-3     Document Type: Article

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