The rebound effect and energy efficiency policy

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 68-88

  Gillingham, Kenneth ^a   Rapson, David ^b   Wagner, Gernot ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY;

EID: 84963576382     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rev017     Document Type: Article

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