Split incentives in residential energy consumption

Energy Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 37-62

  Gillingham, Kenneth ^a   Harding, Matthew ^b   Rapson, David ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; CO 2 emissions; Principal agent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859789592     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.33.2.3     Document Type: Article

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