Dynamic salience with intermittent billing: Evidence from smart electricity meters

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 107, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 176-190

  Gilbert, Ben ^a   Graff Zivin, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity demand; Inattention; Salience; Smart meters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910615825     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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