Is There an Energy Efficiency Gap?

Energy Efficiency

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 133-161

  Allcott, Hunt ^a   Greenstone, Michael ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84883924524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397879-0.00005-0     Document Type: Chapter

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