Energy in transition: From the iron curtain to the European Union

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2279-2297

  Ürge Vorsatz, Diana ^a   Miladinova, Gergana ^a   Paizs, László ^b  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Communist legacies; Economies in transition; Energy intensity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNIST LEGACIES; ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION; ENERGY INTENSITY;

ENERGY POLICY;

ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC REFORM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; MARKET TRANSITION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33646567149     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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