Cash for coolers: Evaluating a large-scale appliance replacement program in Mexico

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 207-238

  Davis, Lucas W ^a   Fuchs, Alan ^b   Gertler, Paul ^c  

^a Energy Institute at Haas and National Bureau of Economic Research   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84899980102     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.6.4.207     Document Type: Article

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