Energy conservation "nudges" and environmentalist ideology: Evidence from a randomized residential electricity field experiment

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 680-702

  Costa, Dora L ^a   Kahn, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84878417183     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12011     Document Type: Article

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