Is there an energy efficiency gap?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-28

  Allcott, Hunt ^a   Greenstone, Michael ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84859793066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.26.1.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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