Sustainable energy prices and growth: Comparing macroeconomic and backcasting scenarios

Ecological Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 722-731

  Ahlroth, Sofia ^a   Höjer, Mattias ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Backcasting; Energy prices; Future studies; Macroeconomic modelling; Scenarios; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY; ENERGY USE; GROWTH; MACROECONOMICS; POLICY ANALYSIS; PRICING POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34447101909     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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