Economic efficiency of compulsory green electricity quotas in Sweden

Energy and Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-697

  Kåberger, Tomas ^a   Sterner, Thomas ^b   Zamanian, Max ^c   Jürgensen, Anna ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Green certificates; Renewable energy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PUBLIC POLICY;

EXTERNAL COSTS; GREEN ELECTRICITY QUOTAS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; QUOTA SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 4444320873     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958305042259756     Document Type: Article

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