Does increasing energy or electricity consumption improve quality of life in industrial nations?

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2568-2572

  Mazur, Allan ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy electricity consumption; Industrial nations; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY AND ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY/ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INDUSTRIAL NATIONS; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL DATA; PER CAPITA; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRY;

POWER QUALITY;

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY USE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79953319161     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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