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Social norms, social distance, social approval and household electricity consumption: A field experiment in Cape Town

Abstract

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This research tested whether households in Cape Town would respond to reported social norms of electricity consumption in a manner consistent with theory and earlier studies.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher.institution
School of Economics
Year dc:date.issued
2013

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Smith, Grant
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Visser, Martine

Rights

Language dc:language.iso
eng

Identifiers

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5691
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5691

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Smith, Grant. Social norms, social distance, social approval and household electricity consumption: A field experiment in Cape Town. School of Economics, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5691