Paying too much for energy? The true costs of our energy choices

Daedalus

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 10-30

  Greenstone, Michael ^a   Looney, Adam ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 84859372218     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/DAED_a_00143     Document Type: Article

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