Are building codes effective at saving energy? Evidence from residential billing data in Florida

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-49

  Jacobsen, Grant D ^a   Kotchen, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879499577     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00243     Document Type: Article

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