Consumer Preference Not to Choose: Methodological and Policy Implications
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- Brennan, Timothy J., 2007. "Consumer preference not to choose: Methodological and policy implications," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 1616-1627, March.
- Brennan, Timothy J., 2005. "Consumer Preference Not to Choose: Methodological and Policy Implications," Discussion Papers 10573, Resources for the Future.
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Keywords
electricity markets; deregulation; consumer choice; residential markets;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
- B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2006-01-24 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-ENE-2006-01-24 (Energy Economics)
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