Exploring the driving factors of prepaid electricity meter rejection in the largest township of South Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.09.041
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Electricity consumption; Education; Prepaid electricity meter; Technology acceptance and rejection;All these keywords.
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