Are new institutional economics enough? Promoting photovoltaics in India's agricultural sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1883-1899

  Radulovic, Verena ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

India; New institutional economics; Photovoltaics; Productive uses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; RURAL AREAS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INCOME GENERATION; NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMIC (NIE) THEORY; SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) TECHNOLOGY;

SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ELECTRICITY; INDIA; MARKET RESEARCH; SOLAR CELLS; TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13344282715     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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