The role of behavioural economics in energy and climate policy

Handbook on Energy and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 523-546

  Pollitt, Michael G ^a   Shaorshadze, Irina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4337/9780857933690.00035     Document Type: Chapter

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