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Politics shapes individual choices about energy efficiency

Thomas Dietz, Christina Leshko, and Aaron M. McCright
PNAS June 4, 2013 110 (23) 9191-9192; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1307484110
Thomas Dietz
aEnvironmental Science and Policy Program, Department of Sociology, Animal Studies Program, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability,
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bDepartment of Sociology, Environmental Science and Policy Program and Animal Studies Program, and
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cLyman Briggs College, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48864
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vol. 110 no. 23 9191-9192
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1307484110
PubMed: 
23708116

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue June 4, 2013.
  • Published first May 24, 2013.


Author Information

  1. Thomas Dietza,1,
  2. Christina Leshkob, and
  3. Aaron M. McCrightc
  1. aEnvironmental Science and Policy Program, Department of Sociology, Animal Studies Program, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability,
  2. bDepartment of Sociology, Environmental Science and Policy Program and Animal Studies Program, and
  3. cLyman Briggs College, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48864

Footnotes

  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tdietz{at}msu.edu.
  • Author contributions: T.D., C.L., and A.M.M. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • See companion article on page 9314.

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