Addressing fi elds of rationality: A policy for reducing household energy consumption?

Handbook of Sustainable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 452-469

  Westskog, Hege ^a   Winther, Tanja ^b   Strumse, Einar ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

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