Does the quality of electricity matter? Evidence from rural India

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 107, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 228-247

  Chakravorty, Ujjayant ^a   Pelli, Martino ^b   Ural Marchand, Beyza ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electricity supply; Energy and development; India; Infrastructure; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911123229     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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