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More than just a Price Decrease: Field Experimental Evidence on the Mechanisms of an Energy Efficiency Subsidy

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  • Bartels, Lara
  • Werthschulte, Madeline

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  • Bartels, Lara & Werthschulte, Madeline, 2022. "More than just a Price Decrease: Field Experimental Evidence on the Mechanisms of an Energy Efficiency Subsidy," VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics 264091, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • D9 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General

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