Good for you, bad for Us: The financial disincentive for net demand reduction

Vanderbilt Law Review

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1527-1564

  Vandenbergh, Michael P ^a,b   Rossi, Jim ^b  

^a Energy Environment and Land Use Law Program   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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