Measuring externalities of energy efficiency investments using subjective well-being data: The case of LED streetlights
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Keywords
LED streetlights; Energy efficiency; Subjective well-being; Externalities;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
- Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
- Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
- Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
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