Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Information and Pricing on Residential Electricity Consumption
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JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
- L98 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Government Policy
- Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
- Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2019-03-04 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2019-03-04 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-REG-2019-03-04 (Regulation)
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