Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence From A Natural Experiment In Indiana

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1172-1185

  Kotchen, Matthew J ^a   Grant, Laura E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84859643702     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00131     Document Type: Article

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